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Earth Meteorology

Life

Water Cycle Clouds Precipitation Air Pressure/ Tempera

ture Wind Storms

Stratus Cumulus Cirrus

CumulonimbusNimbostratus

Precipitation

Evaporation

Condensation

Rain

Snow

Sleet

Hail

Air pressure is affected by:Air pressure is affected by:– The air above itThe air above it– TemperatureTemperature

TemperatureTemperature– How warm is the air?How warm is the air?

Wind is moving airWind is moving air

Wind speed – how fast the air is movingWind speed – how fast the air is moving

Caused by uneven heating of the earth’s airCaused by uneven heating of the earth’s air

Most common storm = thunderstormsMost common storm = thunderstorms

United States has more tornados than any United States has more tornados than any other countryother country

Tropical storms become hurricanes if wind Tropical storms become hurricanes if wind speed reaches 74 mphspeed reaches 74 mph

Weather affects our daily lives. Weather affects our daily lives.

How does it affect humans?How does it affect humans?

How does it affect plants?How does it affect plants?

How does it affect animals?How does it affect animals?

Uses instrumentsUses instruments

Forecasts weatherForecasts weather

Weather patterns are observedWeather patterns are observed

Disasters

Geography

Personal

Hurricanes Tornados

Where you live will Where you live will determine determine

– The seasons you will The seasons you will experienceexperience

– The temperatureThe temperature– The amount and types The amount and types

of precipitationof precipitation

Why do we care about the weather?Why do we care about the weather?

It affects how you dressIt affects how you dress

It is dependent upon where you live It is dependent upon where you live

It can affect what you eatIt can affect what you eat

Has expanded our ability to study the weather.

•Internet

•Instruments

Thermometer Wind Vane Anemometer

Barometer Rain Gauge

Local Weather

http://www.weather.com

Storm Tracking

Literature

Research

Activities with this lesson:

Song: include 4 elements of the water cycle

Poem: include 4 types of precipitation

Windy Writing: how wind works for us

Tornado Novel, The Tornado Watches: creative stories

Trade BooksTrade Books– ““The Cloud Book”The Cloud Book”– ““The Weather Sky”The Weather Sky”– ““The Magic School Bus The Magic School Bus

Inside a Hurricane”Inside a Hurricane”– ““The Magic School Bus The Magic School Bus

Kicks Up a Storm”Kicks Up a Storm”– ““Wild Weather Wild Weather

Blizzards”Blizzards”– ““Hurricanes and Hurricanes and

Tornadoes”Tornadoes”

InternetInternet– http://www.noaa.gov – http://www.tornadoproject.com – http//www.weather.comhttp//www.weather.com

We will collect data and then construct graphs using the data.

We will measure:We will measure:

TemperatureTemperature

Wind speedWind speed

Amount of rainfallAmount of rainfall

We will graph the following:We will graph the following:

Bar graph of average temperature of each Bar graph of average temperature of each monthmonth

Line graph of anemometer readings (wind Line graph of anemometer readings (wind speed)speed)

Storm sounds on picture on slide 4 from CD package handed out in class Storm sounds on picture on slide 4 from CD package handed out in class (mouse over and click=different sounds)(mouse over and click=different sounds)

Stratus cloud picture on slide 6 from mkcamel.w.interia.pl/images/ Stratus cloud picture on slide 6 from mkcamel.w.interia.pl/images/ stratus%20st.jpg stratus%20st.jpg

Cumulus, cirrus and nimbostratus pictures on slide 6 from Cumulus, cirrus and nimbostratus pictures on slide 6 from www.usatoday.com/weather/ wcumulus.htm www.usatoday.com/weather/ wcumulus.htm

Cumulonimbus picture on slide 6 from spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/ Cumulonimbus picture on slide 6 from spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/ cumulonimbus.jpg cumulonimbus.jpg

Rain picture on slide 7 from www.christiananswers.net/ q-aig/aig-Rain picture on slide 7 from www.christiananswers.net/ q-aig/aig-c010.htmlc010.html

Snow picture on slide 7 from pigallery.designheaven.com/winterscenes/ Snow picture on slide 7 from pigallery.designheaven.com/winterscenes/ snowing-01.jpgsnowing-01.jpg

Thermometer on Slide 8 from http://office.microsoft.com/clipart

Wind picture on Slide 9 from http://office.microsoft.com/clipart

Storm sound on Slide 10 Storm sound on Slide 10 http://office.microsoft.com/clipart

Thermometer picture on Slide 18 from Thermometer picture on Slide 18 from www.cvps.com/current/ warm-cozy.shtml

Anemometer picture on Slide 18 from Anemometer picture on Slide 18 from http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/energy/anemometer.html

Barometer picture on Slide 18 from Barometer picture on Slide 18 from www.runnymede.com/ expertise.htm

Rain gauge picture on Slide 18 from Rain gauge picture on Slide 18 from www.tracker-outdoors.com/ rain_gauges.htm

Weather maps on Slide 19 from www.weather.comWeather maps on Slide 19 from www.weather.com Graph picture on Slide 25 from http://office.microsoft.com/clipart