Unit 3 - Current
WHAT'S GOING ON!!!!!!!!!
Current Assignments:
Long Term Assignments:
Year-Long:
End of the Year Project
Study Resources:
Enrichment - Or what to do when you have nothing to do...
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS --- These are the important questions you will be able to answer by the end of the unit!
- How can we use what we learn to help predict future events?
- How does energy move through the Earth systems?
- Is the climate changing? How do we know?
For the next few weeks, you will not have classes each day due to test scheduling.
Day 1: Why Study Glaciers?
1. Review homework. How has glaciation affected Maine? and What is Weather vs. Climate?
2. Glaciers Then and Now Activity
a. Choose Easy or Hard to match glacier
b. Complete the table
c. Complete Question 1-3 on the Glacier Sheet
3. Explore the "On Thinner Ice" and "Why Glaciers Matter?" websites
4. Complete question 4 on the Glacier Sheet
Day 2: More About Glaciers
- Review Glaciers Now and Then Activity
- Together look at "Why Glaciers Matter?"
- 20 minute notes on glaciers
- Complete Glacier Sheet question
Day 3 Weather vs. Climate
- Pre-assessment (20 questions)
- Climate vs. weather
- Read the following and complete a collaborative document.
Day 4: Global Temperature Variation
- Quick Recap!
- Predict temperatures across the world.
- Color code the map for January and June based on your prior knowledge.
- Use the color key linked below.
- Watch the NCEP animation.
- Compare your map with the NCEP animation.
- In Padlet - linked below - and answer the question on the electronic sticky note. Use your first name, last initial.
Day 5: Factors that Influence Climate
COMMON AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS
- Climate Analysis
- Climate Quiz
- Heat Energy Quiz
- Ice Cube Keeper Project
- Energy Snapshot Project
- Energy Type Quiz
Weather and Climate
climate
weather
glacier
precipitation
trend line
temperature
climate change
Heat Energy
thermal energy
heat
energy
convection
conduction
radiation
insulation
Energy Types
mechanical energy
chemical energy
nuclear energy
gravitational energy
electrical energy
sound energy
stored mechanical energy
radiant energy
potential energy
kinetic energy
law of conservation of energy
energy transformation
friction
unintended transfer
amplitude
wavelength
compression wave
transverse wave
1. As a class, watch the climate factor presentation.
2. Complete the table on Climate Document.
Day 6: Factors that Influence Climate
3. View the other images and complete the "Map" Portion of the document,
4. NO HW.
Day 7-8: Climate Change Indicators
1. Students investigate various climate change indicators and analyze data regarding climate change in a "jigsaw" fashion.
2. Final assessment is two paragraphs - one stating a claim and providing evidence and a second giving an opinion on the future.
QUIZ!!!