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MS-ESS2-5. Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
Driving Question: Why is the weather different depending on where you live?
Vocabulary: air pressure, atmospheric pressure, barometer, barometric pressure, cloud, Coriolis effect, depression, front, gulf stream, high-pressure system, humidity, low-pressure system, precipitation, prevailing wind, rain temperature.
Google Doc'Vocabulary Matrix Template
To find definitions Go to Clever and to Britannica School (free in California)
Google Doc Worksheet - use this worksheet or the Google Form to answer all questions.
1. Watch the Edpuzzle video and answer the questions:
2. Ebook: Read Chapter 3 and explain why weather and climate are not the same.
3. Quiz: Weather and Climate - put the answers to the questions in the Google Doc or Form.
4. Phenomena - Watch the Edpuzzle and answer the questions.
5. Watch the Edpuzzle video and answer the questions.
6. What is a rain Shadow?
7. Rainshadow Effect Animation?
a. Explain the rainshadow effect?
b. Where are some classic rain shadows, are there anywhere you live?
8. Watch the Edpuzzle video and answer the questions.
9. Interactive: Climate Zones.
How many climate zones are there and how do they differ? Name each climate zone and one sentence about each.
10. Activity: Build a Hurricane.
a. Move the hurricane to three different places and explain what happens to the hurricane.
b. Where is the best place for a hurricane to grow?
11. Adventure Quest Backpack: Create a weather report for the weather in your city for the next 5 days. Use the presentation software in Google Drive. Make sure your report covers: temperature, air pressure, dew point, wind speed, and the chance of precipitation. Make sure you include visuals with your weather report. Make it fun!
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You can use WeVideo, or make posters. You will explain what the weather for your area is going to be in the next week. What is creating the weather system in your area? Is this normal weather for this time of year? Why or Why not? Is air mass affecting your weather? Your presentation should be 3 minutes long. Work with a team of 3 to 4 people to complete the project.
Extras
National Weather Center - Games
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Games
Bozeman Science: Weather and Climate
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