Finish Investigation & Start Weather Final Project

We will finish up the weather investigation today. You will get the majority of class to complete the investigation packet. When you are done please turn it in through google classroom. We will go over the expectation/rubric for the final performance assessment, when you finish the packet you will be going directly into the final project.

Bell Ringer - Why do we have dew on the grass some mornings and not other mornings.

Weather Investigation

We will continue with our investigation on patterns in the atmosphere and how they influence weather. The first half of class will be spent researching on your specific topic. The second half of class will be spent discussing with your classmates and gathering information on how their topic influences weather.

Bell Ringer - what is hygrometer?

Continue Investigation

We will continue with the weather investigation. We  will spend a few minutes going over the claim and evidence portion of the packet. I will provide you with an example similar to the claim and evidence you will be creating. Please ask questions and remember this is your final investigation of the year, stay focused.

Bell Ringer - Who invented the scale used to measure the strength of tornadoes? (google it)

Start Investigation

We will begin our final investigation of the year. You will pick one of the four topic to investigate, ocean currents, jet stream, composition of the atmosphere and global winds. We know that all four influence our weather, but what you need to figure out is how patterns in your topic impact weather. An example would be how do certain patterns in the ocean currents create different weather patterns in certain areas.

Bell Ringer - What is weather and climate? ( Be prepared to share out)

Jigsaw & Start Investigation

We will start the first half of class with a Jigsaw activity to get you more familiar with the different atmospheric properties. You will be in charge of reading through and teaching your classmates about one of the specific topics. After the Jigsaw activity you will start to investigate one of the four topics that most interests you.

Bell Ringer (5/9-10/16)

Review on Clouds & Start Atmospheric Properties

We are going to continue with how clouds affects weather and climate, we will spend the first few minutes reviewing, take a short quiz and then focus on the atmospheric properties that you will be investigating.

Bell Ringer - Be prepared to share one example on how clouds affect weather.

How Clouds affect weather

We will finally look at how clouds affect weather, we will look at how clouds can bring fair weather or bad weather. If necessary we will identify the difference between weather and climate.

Bell Ringer - Be prepared to illustrate one of the three draws from Friday. 1) How are clouds formed 2) Why are clouds white or gray 3) Why do clouds float.