Weather You Like It Or Not                                                                   Timeline 4 Weeks

Critical Questions: Students will…

1.      describe weather as the conditions of the atmosphere at a given location for a short period of time.

2.      examine how fronts are associated with large weather areas and can lead to severe weather.

3.      utilize weather maps to predict future weather and identify station model weather symbols .

4.      understand that climate is the characteristic weather that prevails from season to season and year to year.

5.      compare substances that enter the atmosphere naturally and from human activity and explain how these substances might affect weather, climate, and living things.

6.      use and interpret graphs and data tables to make predictions and understand trends.

Readings Resources:

Sections:  2.2 -2.3
Section:    3.1- 3.3

Key Vocabulary:

Practice Problems: Be aware of the due dates as they are given.  Dates given are subject to change.

Laboratories Investigations:

Wild Weather Warnings: You are the meteorologist making predictions for the morning commute.

• Question:  Can you make an accurate forecast for our future weather and be prepared for the worst?
• Materials:  Weather maps, Computer, Weather map symbols appendix in book
• Safety: Always be prepared for a natural disaster.

Climate Connection: Take a spin around the Google globe to pushpin point out what is happening in climate science.

• Question:  How will the choices we make today, affect our worlds tomorrow?
• Materials:  Role play scenarios, Earth climate data, Computer, Google Earth
• Safety: None