RESEARCH in modeling NB

• What two surfaces make up Earth?
• What is wind? 
• Draw what causes wind. 
• What is high pressure?
• What is low pressure?
• What is a SEA BREEZE? *draw model
• What is a LAND BREEZE? *draw model
• How does wind cause weather? (hint- prevailing winds, write into google wind causing weather in Stamford,CT- think snow days in Stamford vs. Danbury) 
• jet stream? flying from CA to NY time
• what is the difference between a wind vane and an anemometer? 
• What is the Coriolis effect? 

click here for act. 6 lab results and challenge questions and model gotta have it list

organize binder

BINDER ORGANIZATION SO FAR

• cover page
• unit word list for cover page
• climate change word web
• units for weather.com/weather reporting
• global temperatures and world map
• Fahrenheit to Celsius conversion practice WS
• act. 13 forecasting (USA map)
• weather trivia and 3 severe weather notes
• cause effect chart and 10 disaster states
• hurricane tracking
• summary table rows 1-3 filled in 

this week in science class....

Monday:

brainpop

finish hurricane tracking chart from Friday (chromebook)

Summary table row 3

begin Wind research/data collection if time?

What two surfaces make up Earth?

What is wind?

What is high pressure?

What is low pressure?

What is a SEA BREEZE?

What is a LAND BREEZE?

How does wind cause weather?

Tuesday:

Wind research/data collection

Wednesday:

Review

Activity 14 reading and analysis 1-4 in modeling notebook

Thursday:

Weather quiz

Draw a convections current

Cold-  sinks more dense

Hot- rises, less dense

Land and sea breeze model

Friday:

Start ocean temperatures

winds

all about wind- notes to help you!

extreme weather videos

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-22612496/oklahoma-tornado-what-causes-storms-in-tornado-alley


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzGZewdEAH4


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


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoKTTHd-XEQ


El Nino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JIKVkuoMjg

Katrina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJaMWw4-2Q

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

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

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

weather and climate unit summary table

summary table blank

example weather forecast for August Maps

Good Morning! Today there is a Low pressure system bringing clouds and possible rain to New Mexico. There is a cold front moving south from Canada toward Washington and Idaho. There is a warm front moving NE in Montana. There is a high pressure system in North Carolina area bringing clear skies. There is a cold front from Texas to Canada moving SE bringing colder temperatures. There is a cold front moving East in New England. There is precipitation in the mid west and off the coast of the Carolinas with the approaching hurricane. 


click here for weather maps of the USA (pages 73-74 in text)