Weather You Like It Or Not      (Click on title for a printable version)                   Timeline: 5 Weeks

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• Identify and describe the gas structure around the earth including atmospheric pressure

• Compare and contrast convection, conduction and radiation.

• Describe how the energy of the sun drives the water cycle.

• Explain why different latitudes on earth receive different amounts of solar energy.

•  Locate the main wind patterns found in various parts of the earth.

• Explain how water vapor in the atmosphere causes clouds, rain, hail, sleet and snow

• Describe how fronts are associated with large weather areas and can lead to severe weather.

• Identify and use weather maps including symbols to predict future weather.

• Explore the factors that help determine the climate of a region and the type of organisms that are adapted to live there.

• Sections:  1.1, 1.2, 1.3

• Sections:  2.1, 2.2, 2.3

• Section:    3-1

• Atmosphere                      Troposphere                                  Ionosphere                            Jet Steram

• Ozone Layer                     Ultraviolet Radiation                      Climate                                  High Pressure

• Conduction                       Convection                                     Radiation                              Low Pressure

• Condensation                    Hydrosphere                                  Coriolis Effect                       Stationary Front

• Wind                                 Precipitation                                  Weather                                Occluded Front

• Humidity                            Dew Point                                     Air Mass                               Station Model

• Front                                 Meteorologist                                Isotherm                                CFC’s

• Tropics                              Polar                                             Temperate                             Adaptation

Be aware of the due dates as they are given.

Up, Up and a Away!:  You will get a rise out of this lab.

Question:  What are you lofty goals for this lab, how far can you rise to the occasion?
Materials:  Oak Tag Paper, Tissue Paper, Glue Stick, Scissors.

Rain In A Bottle:  Getting water to drink is easy, unless you live in a desert.

• Question:  Can you get the fresh water out of the dirty water?
• Materials:  Parts of two liter bottle, Dirty water, cup, ice

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

• Question:  Can you make an accurate forecast for tomorrow’s weather?
• Materials:  Hand Lens, Weather map, Weather map symbols appendix in book