Weather Fronts

Weather Chapter 3 Notes

Notes

Read the notes from slides 2-7 in Chapter 3 Weather and Climate, and answer the questions on your "Weather Fronts Stations" worksheet.

Station A

Fronts Reading

Fronts Article

Read the article above, and answer the questions. Please highlight the article where you found your answers.

The article is attached to your packet.

*Click here to hear the article being read.*

Station B

Weather Fronts Interactive Animations

Fronts Interactive

Check out the animations of each of the four main types of weather fronts, and be sure to read/listen to the information at the top of the screen for each type.

Answer the questions on your "Weather Fronts Stations" worksheet.

Station C

Fronts Demo

Watch this video demonstration about how warm (less dense) and cold (more dense) fluid interact with one other.

Station D

Air Masses

Watch this video about how differences in air temperature and pressure occur, and answer the questions on your "Weather Fronts Stations" worksheet.

Station E

Study Jams

Please watch the instructional video FIRST if you're unsure how to complete this assignment, then click on the picture to get started.

Click the green "Play Video" button to watch the video on the Study Jams site.

When you're finished, close the video, and click the purple "Test Yourself" button on the same site.

Take this practice quiz until you've scored a perfect 7/7.

Upload your final screen shot to the Google Classroom assignment titled, "Weather Fronts: Study Jams Screen Shot."

Station F

Weather Fronts Foldable

Watch the video instructions above.

Cut, fold, and paste the appropriate pieces together. Put your name and period on the BACK of your foldable, and place it in the tray on my desk.

Please clean up after yourself!

Station G

Weather Fronts Explanation

Watch the video, and answer the questions on your "Weather Fronts Stations" worksheet.

[Stop @ 2:00]

Station H

Mastery Quiz

Take this practice quiz. Review your answers and look through the "Feedback" section of questions you missed to learn about the topic.

Take the quiz as many times as you need until you get a PERFECT SCORE!

Station I

Actively Learn: Weather Fronts

Click the picture above. You will be taken to the Actively Learn site.

Click on the "Google" button when you arrive at the "Log in with" page.

Complete the "Weather Fronts" assignment.

Station J

Finding Fronts on a Weather Map

Fronts on a Map

View the slides above to read about the four types of weather fronts.

Then, click here look at today's weather map (also called a "surface map") and see if you can spot any of these fronts.

Are there any fronts passing through Ohio today?

Bonus Station!

Weather Fronts Interactive

Click on the image to open the site.

Explore how air masses interact to create the four types of weather fronts.