Kentucky Core Content Standards Addressed: Standard 7: Be able to use knowledge of the physical environment. A. Know, recognize, and record the daily weather. B. Know and recognize weather patterns and characteristics relating to the seasons. C. Be able to use a thermometer to tell temperature. D. Know the ways that weather can be harmful. E. Know how weather affects plants, animals, and people. F. Know the things that make up the weather (temperature, wind, precipitation). G. Know that wind and rain cause erosion. H. Know the stages of the water cycle.