What Causes the Weather?

What causes the weather? 

Here are some of our answers:

wind

water

air

clouds

God

not sure

And thus began our inquiry-based study of meteorology. 

We've been observing that there is a change in the air. The days are cooler, the days are shorter, the mornings are foggy, there's a lot of dew on the grass and there are lots of spiders making webs. We grabbed our science tools and our sketch books and began our investigations. 

We were greeted by spider webs in the morning. 

"Are they very strong?"

"This looks like Halloween city! The webs are everywhere!"

The webs in the bushes are randomly and tightly woven. 

The webs in the trees have patterns. 

There are dew drops hanging from the strands.

Some of the webs have spiders. They are usually in the center.

They have long strands to hold them to the trees.

Let's take the temperature. 

The air is getting cooler. 

And the fog often comes in the morning. 

We had fun trying to read the poem in an eerie way.

  

We used chalk to make the eerie looking fog. 

Notice the red light on the Space Needle. 

It's the "Wheedle on the Needle." 

So, what causes the change? 

Here are our ideas:

fall

seasons

heat

the sun

One child then shouted out, "the earth going around the sun!" 

We're curious and ready to discover a whole lot more.