Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans May 14th to May 18th

Earth Science Class

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Period 3,5, and 10

Tuesday and Thursday

Period 2,4, and 9

Essential question - What causes weather and climates?

Friday/ Monday-  Start with a video that reviews our essential question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbAWny7FV3w   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fcXL61NZS0&list=PLoPqPVJf0U4KZvoLH685P3JE0bKUWFQ52   Storm day!!!!  Students will make models of thunderstorms, lightning, the two ways we think tornadoes are formed, and we will look at the development of a hurricane.  We will have several videos to look at before we create our models. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVZExLO0MWA&index=2&list=PLoPqPVJf0U4KZvoLH685P3JE0bKUWFQ52  Students will have to visually model only one of the items listed to display in class.  Reminder to all that homework is to find or collect the high/low temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, and precipitation amounts for Saturday and Sunday at the same time each day.  This information will be collected next week.

Tuesday/ Wednesday - Hurricane Day!!  We will diagram and explain where when and why hurricanes form.  Students will look at satellite images of different hurricanes and discuss what causes the difference between the storms.  We will use the NOAA interactive to work through the development of a hurricane and see the pieces that cause the most damage to humans.  Students will create a plan for safety if they lived in a hurricane prone area. We will discuss the current data of numbers of hurricanes and infer the many variables that influence the number changes.  Students will be given a short skyward quiz at the end of the lesson.

Thursday/ Friday - We will start with a skyward assignment, the post test of the weather and climate unit.  Second, students will be asked to show knowledge that completely answers our Essential question - What causes weather and climates?  Students will be given a rubric to grade their own answers. The students may draw diagrams, models, and list data that will help show their knowledge on the subject.   This is the final test for our unit on Weather and Climate. The final score will be 10 points.