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S4E4. Students will analyze weather charts/maps and collect weather data to predict weather events and infer patterns and seasonal changes. a. Identify weather instruments and explain how each is used in gathering weather data and making forecasts (thermometer, rain gauge, barometer, wind vane, anemometer). b. Using a weather map, identify the fronts, temperature, and precipitation and use the information to interpret the weather conditions. c. Use observations and records of weather conditions to predict weather patterns throughout the year. d. Differentiate between weather and climate
How is weather measured? (AKS SC 11 a-e and MA 65)
Learners will be able to identify vocabulary associated with weather and weather measurement humidity, temperature, barometer, hygrometer; to create a line graph given a data set, to navigate the weather channel website in order to gather data
To introduce the beginning portion of the culminating project and to familiarize the students with gathering reliable current and past weather data on the internet
Teacher laptop, projector, laptop cart Paper Graph paper Pencil/pen Website: www.weatherchannel.com
incomplete. 10 minutes Have the students journal on how they believe that the temperatures will differ, if they will differ at all. What difference will the region of the US make?
The learner will participate in the class discussion The learner will create a line graph using a set of data.