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Weather Stations
Weather Stations
Weather introduction
Weather introduction
Begin by answering the following -->
What is meteorology (2 sentences)
What famous meteorologists do you know? Look them up and write down their credentials (2 sentences)
What is a barometer and why is it important for studying weather? (2 sentences)
What is our local weather forecast for today? Use specific data from www.weather.gov to find this. Must include: humidity, wind speed, barometer, dewpoint, high and low temperature (complete in a bulleted list)
Building of Weather Stations
Building of Weather Stations
Students will be broken into groups to create weather stations. Each group will be assigned ONE weather station below to create. Students will record data from ALL weather stations.
- Rain Gauge Instructions:
Materials needed: 2 L soda bottle, masking tape, water, ruler, marker, scissors
Cut 2 L bottle at the wide part near top
Place rocks in bottom of bottle with small amount of water. The water is the "0 cm" mark for the rain measure.
Place top of bottle (no cap) upside down and tape edges together.
Use a long piece of masking tape as a ruler and mark the top of the water (rocks) as starting point, then continue marking every centimeter
place bottle on flat surface outside, record rain levels
2. Barometer Instructions
2. Barometer Instructions
Materials: Glass jar, Balloon, Pair of scissors, Thick elastic band, Drinking straw, Pens, Paper, Tape
Take your balloon and cut the neck of the balloon off.
Taking the bottom part of the balloon stretch it over the neck of the jar. You should pull it as tight as possible so the balloon fits flat with no dimple in the middle.
Secure the balloon in place with a thick elastic band. This now creates a sealed vacuum in the jar.
Cut a straw at an angle to create a pointer.
Tape the straw to the center of the balloon OR use hot glue/ rubber cement. Make sure the end of the straw ends in the center.
On a piece of card draw a sunshine towards the top and a rain cloud towards the bottom. Mark the paper in the middle where the straw currently rests.
3. Wind Vane Instructions
3. Wind Vane Instructions
Materials needed: 3D printed wind vane
Design wheel and axle in tinker CAD
Write N,E, S, W on the side of the base of the wind vane to represent North, East, South and West.
Install "Compass Galaxy" on your phone https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.nenter.app.compass_app&hl=en_US&gl=US You may use ANY compass app if this is not compatible with your phone
Place outside and record wind direction
Ben Noll Interview
Ben Noll Interview
We will be interviewing various meteorologists! Please come up with GREAT interview questions for this person. Questions could include but not be limited to: how do you predict weather? What makes it accurate? You must come up with MINIMUM 5 questions.
Reflection on Meteorologist
Reflection on Meteorologist
AFTER the interview, please write down 3 things that you learned from Ben's presentation. You must write minimum 6 sentences
What to include on your website:
What to include on your website:
Weather Introduction Questions (4)
Pictures of Weather Stations
Spreadsheet of Weather Data
Meteorologist Questions For Ben Noll
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