Students will launch the weather forecasting project by interpreting real weather and isobar maps, making an initial evidence-based prediction for their community, and generating investigable questions about pressure systems, fronts, and map patterns that they will pursue in later phases.

Students will investigate puzzling weather-map patterns, refine a forecast question they can actually test, and build a clear plan for collecting map evidence about pressure systems, fronts, and likely next-day weather in their community.

Students will collect, organize, and quality-check multi-day weather and isobar map evidence so they can trace pressure systems, fronts, and weather symbols over time and strengthen the method they will use for an evidence-based community forecast.

Students will analyze multi-day weather and isobar map evidence, turn their findings into clear visual forecast products, test the strength of their reasoning through peer and expert feedback, and revise their community forecast before the final showcase.

Students will present their completed community weather forecast products to an authentic audience, defend their predictions with map-based evidence, respond to feedback and questions, and reflect on how weather symbols, isobars, pressure patterns, and peer critique improved their forecasting work.