May 13- May 24th
Monday/ Tuesday - Start with a short skyward assignment. We will work together on a
packet of notes about the motion of the atmosphere and the oceans. Students will watch a
BIll Nye on the atmosphere and complete a sheet with the video. Students will be asked to
memorize the four layers of the atmosphere, the three major wind systems, and the major
reasons for the motion of the ocean and atmosphere. We will have a quiz at our next class.
Wednesday/ Thursday - Start with a quiz, Review notes. Students will look at what makes
a cloud and complete a demonstration of a cloud in a bottle. Students will review a few
experiments we did last week and discuss what was really happening and why. We will look
at the egg in a bottle, crushed can, candle in the water, wacky bottle, ping pong ball hair
dryer, and spitwad in a container and relate it to weather. Homework is to complete the
worksheet on types of clouds.
Friday/ Monday Start with notes on how a cloud forms followed by the creation of storms.
We will look at air masses and the fronts that form from the interaction. There will be
several video clips. We will discuss the formation of supercells and tornadoes. Homework
is to find data on one tornado that took place in tornado alley. There will be a worksheet to
complete with the information.
Tuesday/Wednesday Hurricane day! We will discover the process of development of a
hurricane. We will watch a short video clip. We will look at current data and the increase of
hurricanes both quantity and intensity. We talk about what this means and how the cycling of many different systems interact to cause this increase. Homework is to find out the name of
the next hurricane in the Atlantic and the South Pacific.
Thursday/ Friday - we will wait to see where we need to go next!
Tuesday/ Wednesday
Thursday/ Friday
Monday - review for final
Tuesday - Fun City
Wednesday - Finals
Thursday - awards day!!!!
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