Monday, Wednesday and Friday Period 2,4, and 9
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
Period 3,5, and 10
Essential question - What causes weather and climates?
Monday/Tuesday - Start our next unit on Weather and Climate. We will
focus today on our air and atmosphere. Students will start with a short
skyward assignment, we will review it and learn what we know and don’t
know. Our goal is to understand the content, motions and division of the
atmosphere. Students will create a model of the layers of the atmosphere
and diagram the particles in each layer as well as explain the influence of
the Sun and the Earth in the process of heating the atmosphere. The
students will as a group model the motions of the atmosphere at different
temperatures and densities (with balloons) We will take notes on the three
world wind patterns. A homework worksheet will be given.
Wednesday/ Thursday - Start with a review skyward assignment. Students
will complete several atmosphere demonstrations - barometric pressure (3)
and density (2). Students will create a model of how wind works on our planet
with manipulatives. Students will create a poster (maybe more) to explain to
the class what causes wind. Students will be given world maps and information
about the absorption of sunlight from position in our revolution around the Sun
and the tilt of the Earth as well as the difference between water and land absorption.
This will be an individual project and not to be extremely extensive. A simple
diagram hand drawn or a computer document with graphics from professional
artists. Students will be given a rubric to follow.
Friday - We will post our projects. Students will be assigned 5 projects to grade
using the rubric. Projects will be given numbers and not names. We will be giving
our what works and what could be improved comments. The final grade will be
given by Mrs. Moore. This project is only 10 points.
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