Monday, April 27, 2020

week 6 distance learning plan


Week 6 Distance Learning for Science Class
Monday April 27- Friday May 1

MONDAY:
Weather Quiz Review Sheet due Tues 8 AM
Answer key posted
Week 6 Attendance question posted (did you do the review sheet yes or no)
Study for quiz

TUESDAY:
Take weather quiz on google forms

WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY Classwork:
Watch brain pop video linked and answer the questions on the Paris/Montreal text thread Worksheet

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday (due Monday night of May 4th)
Activity 4 Climate types google slides presentation

Weather Quiz Review sheet answer key

click here for answer key

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Fun labs and at home science activities involving weather and climate unit

Have some science fun! Here are some hands-on labs and
experiments you can try at home. Some are building wind
vanes and a weather station out of household materials
and some are density and convection ocean current
demonstrations you can do at home with salt and water.
Try them and send me a video or picture of your work!
Have fun and be safe! 


How to make a wind vane: 


How to make an anemometer: 


Make a rain gauge 


Balloon high low pressure 


Air pressure 


Mixing hot and cold (sea/land breeze) (convection) 


Cloud in a jar 


Convection current 


Salt water density experiment 

Monday, April 20, 2020

Science Class week of April 20-24



Monday April 20 and Tuesday April 21 


Weather disaster chart 


El Nino and La Nina


Hurricane Katrina


Blizzard time lapse 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gnhcupdp1s    


Blizzard 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=849268fo-3I 


Hurricane Sandy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx5S4OpyePo 


Hurricane, Cyclone, Typhoon 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F1RrGwp_go 


Moore, OK- Ellen Show- google the youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh4wnSab06Es    (Ellen tornado) 


  • Take 3 notes for each video (either in your modeling notebook then type them into the chart) or just the chart and send them to me for grading on google classroom! 



Wednesday/Thursday
Introduction to CLIMATE 
Climate Article and Questions Assignment on google classroom




  • Come up with 5 good reading comprehension questions and make an answer key. 
  • COMPLETE SENTENCES and RACER if necessary 
  • Spelling must be correct! 


Watch this video clip for help: 

Friday: Review sheet for weather quiz on Tuesday

WEATHER QUIZ TUESDAY April 28

Sunday, April 19, 2020

weather disaster videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJaMWw4-2Q   El Nino and La Nina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JIKVkuoMjg   Hurricane Katrina


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gnhcupdp1s    Blizzard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=849268fo-3I Blizzard 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx5S4OpyePo Hurricane Sandy

Moore, OK- Ellen Show- google the youtube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F1RrGwp_go 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh4wnSab06E 


10 most at risk weather disaster states

Make sure classwork chart has 3 notes per video:

chart here

Thursday, April 16, 2020

This week in science class

Monday April 13 & Tuesday April 14 
WELCOME BACK! 

Weather forecasting practice 
Assignment: Fill out the charts attached in classwork for weather forecasting for Stamford, CT. 

Click on today’s weather and the five day forecast using weather.com or wunderground.com. 

Then for day 2- globally see how the weather patterns are different around the world. 

Watch the videos below: 





Thursday/Friday 
Mean, median, and mode of temperatures 


Monday, April 13, 2020

weather forecasting help

https://geology.com/world/world-map.shtml


https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/italy/rome

Things to think about: 

Why is weather/temperature/times different all over the world?

Are seasons global?

Does the tropics ever have snow/cold weather? Why or why not?

What causes these temperature differences?

Why was it cold in Moscow and Alaska but warm in Italy and Zambia?