✍️ Short Response — Use Evidence
Explain one weather forecast or one storm design choice using evidence from the unit.
Prompt: Name the clue or problem, explain what you predicted or designed, and use one piece of evidence to show why your answer makes sense.
✂️ PARENT ANSWER KEY — Detach before giving worksheet to students
Parent note: Student wording may vary if the weather reasoning is correct.
Multiple-Choice Answer Key
- Tools help scientists collect evidence and compare one day to another
- Dark thick clouds can be a clue that rain or storms may be closer
- Moving floodwater can push people or cars and hide the road
- A forecast is stronger when it uses more than one clue or pattern
- Water vapor cools and condenses into droplets
- The droplets on the plastic came from water in the air, not through the plastic
- Engineers should test Version 1 and Version 2 in the same way so the comparison is fair
- A strong redesign explanation names a failure point and one change that improved the design
Short Response — What Success Looks Like
- Student names a real weather clue or design problem.
- Student explains the forecast or design choice clearly.
- Student supports the answer with a specific clue, pattern, droplet observation, or test result.
Short Response — Sample Acceptable Answer
“I predicted rain later because the clouds got darker and the wind got stronger. Those clues showed that the weather pattern was changing.”
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