Mission Earth Dome

What happens when Sunlight, air, and land interact? How do humans impact the climate? Why does severe weather happen?

Important Activities:

Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions
Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.

Identify and describe the water structure around the earth, including the atmosphere and ocean.
Compare and contrast convection, conduction, and radiation and explain how the energy of the sun drives the water cycle.
Explain how water vapor in the atmosphere causes precipitation.
Show how changes in Earth’s latitudes affect the amount of solar energy and ocean/wind patterns.
Discuss how air masses are associated with large weather areas and use weather maps to predict weather.
Investigate the climate science that shows the impact humans are having on the atmosphere and oceans.