Air Masses
Additional practice
Additional practice
Extension Activity
Directions:
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/severe-storms.htm
1. Watch the study jams slideshow then take the quiz.
2. Show the results to your teacher for a grade
http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/3.html
3. Read the website about tornadoes.
4. List 5 things you can do to keep safe during a tornado.
Directions:
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/severe-storms.htm
1. Watch the study jams slideshow then take the quiz.
2. Show the results to your teacher for a grade
http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/3.html
3. Read the website about tornadoes.
4. List 5 things you can do to keep safe during a tornado.
Weather Fronts
1. Misconception #1 – Why do hot molecules float?
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/states-of-matter-basics
2. Check out the following website and get to know some of the fronts.
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/
3. Complete the following webquest:
a. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mck05.sci.ess.watcyc.fronts/compare-and-contrast-warm-and-cold-fronts/
b. http://www.goldridge08.com/flash/airmasses.swf
c.
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/
3. Play the game
· http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/
1. Misconception #1 – Why do hot molecules float?
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/states-of-matter-basics
2. Check out the following website and get to know some of the fronts.
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/
3. Complete the following webquest:
a. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mck05.sci.ess.watcyc.fronts/compare-and-contrast-warm-and-cold-fronts/
b. http://www.goldridge08.com/flash/airmasses.swf
c.
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/
3. Play the game
· http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/
Weather Fronts Extension Activity
Directions:
1. Go to http://urbanext.illinois.edu/treehouse/activities.cfm
2. Play the following games
a. Id a cloud
b. Forecasting under pressure
c. How high is the sun
3. On a line sheet of paper use the weather comics to help you make a comic strip of your choice on a weather topic of your choice. Make sure to include scientific knowledge if you want science credit for it.
Directions:
1. Go to http://urbanext.illinois.edu/treehouse/activities.cfm
2. Play the following games
a. Id a cloud
b. Forecasting under pressure
c. How high is the sun
3. On a line sheet of paper use the weather comics to help you make a comic strip of your choice on a weather topic of your choice. Make sure to include scientific knowledge if you want science credit for it.
Weather fronts additional practice
Wind Text - Read aloud
Climate Vocabulary Review
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