Topics / Essential Questions Week 10-11 | NC Standards and objectives | Reading Assignment/ powerpoints | Homework / Labs and Activities | Some Key Terms |
What is Earth’s atmosphere made up of and how do these substances affect weather and climate? How is heat transferred in the atmosphere? What are the main factors affecting the density of air and how does this affect weather? What are air masses and fronts and how do they affect our weather? What are the different types of clouds and what type of weather do they bring? What are the major types of frontal and cyclonic systems? What types of weather do they bring with them? | 5.01 Analyze air masses and the life cycle of weather systems, :planetary wind belts, air masses, frontal systems, cyclonic systems | Chap. 11-12, 13 | Lab: Detecting the % of Oxygen in the Atmosphere Lab: Heating the Earth Cloud Booklet Research different types of severe weather events Mapping tornado frequency on US map Mapping hurricane data from recent or old hurricanes | Conduction Convection Radiation Troposphere Stratosphere Air mass Continental polar Continental tropical Maritime polar Maritime tropical Front Warm front Cold front Stationary front Occluded front Wave cyclone Planetary winds Hurricanes Tornadoes cyclones stratus cumulus cirrus cumulonimbus |
How is weather monitored and predicted? How do you read and interpret weather maps? | 5.02 Evaluate meteorological observing, analysis, and prediction: worldwide observing systems, meteorological data depiction | Chap. 12 | Use weather instruments to collect weather data, analyze, and present findings.—Relative Humidity Lab Newspaper weather Page Activity Isobar Activity | Relative humidity Dew point Hygrometer Wet-and –dry bulb thermometer Anemometer Barometer Isobar |
What type of atmospheric changes are occurring, what causes them, and what are the consequences? | 5.03 Analyze global atmospheric changes including changes in CO2, CH4, and stratosphericO3 and the consequences of these changes: climate changes, changes in weather patterns, increasing UV radiation, sea level changes | Chap. 14 | Movies: Inconvenient Truth Ozone: The Hole Story Other movies on global warming and/or climate change | Ozone Methane Stratosphere |
2.07 Analyze the sources and impacts of society’s use of energy [consequences of climate change, smog and thermal pollution] | Movies: See above |
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