IQ Weather

The curriculum explicitly shows alignment with Next Generation Science Standards in teacher guides for each lesson. This demonstrates intentional standards-based design.

You can see how lessons align with the Next Generation Science Standards in the teacher guide for each lesson

The curriculum provides direct instruction through professionally produced videos with voice-over explanations using film footage and images. Teacher-led discussions before and after videos are described as essential components.

Professionally produced videos teach the lessons using lots of film footage and images with voice-over explanations, plus teacher-led discussions before and after are essential

The curriculum integrates eight experiments with video instruction, progressing from simple to more complex activities. Experiments are designed to supplement specific lessons but don't require same-day completion.

Eight experiments designed to accompany particular lessons, such as creating a cloud in a bottle to supplement the storms lesson, with video and PDF instructions provided

The curriculum covers substantial weather science content including atmosphere, climate, seasons, clouds, oceans, tornadoes, weather technology, and forecasting. However, as a supplement rather than complete course, content depth may be limited.

Lessons cover topics such as weather, climate, the atmosphere, seasons, clouds, oceans, tornadoes, radar, weather technology, weather forecasting, and solar and space weather

Teacher guides provide main points and some teaching tips, with lesson plans including discussion questions and optional resources. However, comprehensive pedagogical guidance or science background information isn't mentioned.

The teacher guide for each lesson provides the teacher with the main points and sometimes includes teaching tips, with lesson plans listing discussion questions and additional resources

Each lesson includes an online quiz for assessment, with printable PDFs available for teacher reference. However, the program doesn't track results long-term, limiting systematic review opportunities.

Each lesson has an online quiz that is scored by the program, but the program does not track student results so you need to record quiz scores immediately

Each lesson includes vocabulary words with definitions in the lesson plans. However, the review doesn't indicate systematic vocabulary building or multiple exposures across lessons.

The lesson plan for each lesson has vocabulary words with their definitions