Wind Is Moving Air

Start with something students can look at or think about: a photo, a short video, a jar on the windowsill, or a question like "what do you already know about types of weather?" Then let them work through the worksheet on their own or with a partner, keeping a word bank or anchor chart in view so the vocabulary stays available. When you review, ask students how they knew, and let them point to the part of the diagram or reading that told them. These types of weather worksheets work well as a lead in before an investigation, as a way to capture what students noticed afterward, or as review before an assessment.

These types of weather worksheets for 1st grade give students a clear, visual way to work through one of the big ideas in weather and seasons. Students label diagrams, sort and classify examples, read short explanations, and answer questions that ask them to say why, not just what. Each page keeps the science vocabulary front and center so students leave with the words they need to talk about types of weather accurately. Working through types of weather on paper gives 1st grade students something concrete to hold onto before, during, or after the hands on part of a lesson.

This worksheet is designed for 1st Grade students (Ages 6-7), aligned to NGSS standard K-ESS2-1. That standard sits in the kindergarten band, so treat this worksheet as an early introduction rather than standards practice for this grade. Weather observation is a Kindergarten standard (K-ESS2-1); this Grade 1 worksheet revisits it. It can also be used as review for early students at the next grade level or as an introduction for advanced students.

Yes. This worksheet works for homeschool, classroom, and tutoring settings. Print individual pages for targeted practice, or print the full set as a packet. Works great as a morning warm-up, independent center activity, or fast-finisher task.

Moving air, which is the definition printed on the page. Wind is the first weather children meet that they cannot see, only its effects, so the worksheet works entirely through what it moves.

The objects wind could move, like a feather, balloons and a flower, and not the ones too heavy, like a chair. Weight is the variable, which makes it a fair test rather than a guess.

The page ends by asking what happens to a piece of paper outside on a windy day. Predicting and then checking is the habit worth building, more than the answer itself.

First graders learn to name and describe a variety of weather conditions they encounter every day. They practice using descriptive weather vocabulary like humid, foggy, or stormy, and begin to understand that weather is caused by conditions in the atmosphere. This topic also builds early observation skills central to scientific thinking.

Weather is one of the first earth science topics introduced in Grade 1, often starting with daily weather observations at the beginning of each school day. Many classrooms keep a weather chart all year long, giving students ongoing data to reference.

Start a simple weather journal at home where your child draws or writes about today's weather before completing the worksheet. Encourage them to look out the window each morning and describe what they see using the vocabulary from the worksheet.