Week 3Objective-7.E1.2

Explain how the cycling of water in and out of the atmosphere and atmospheric conditions relate to the weather patterns

on earth.

Part 1

Warm-Up-Based on what you know about the water cycle draw a diagram illustrating the steps of the water cycle. If you are unfamiliar with the water cycle infer what you believe the steps or parts would be based on the title.

Essential Question: Describe how relative humidity is affected by temperature and levels of water vapor?

Activating Strategy Teacher demonstration (Wet Sponge)

Key Vocabulary-Relative humidity, water cycle, condensation, dew point

Part 1 continued

Activating Strategy 2- Work with pair to create a graphic organizer in you notebook

How does altitude affect cloud formation?

Cumulus Clouds

-indicate how they form-what weather they cause-name other variations of the cloud-what type of precipitation might this cloud produce, draw it)

(Finally, use cotton balls and clue to illustrate the appearance of the clouds)

Stratus Clouds Cirrus Clouds

Part 2

Standard 3.05- Examine evidence that atmospheric properties can be studied to predict atmospheric conditions and weather hazards.

Warm-Up (Key Vocabulary) Predict what the following words mean-precipitation, air mass, cyclone, front, anticyclone

Activating Strategy-Warm air rises, cold air sinks (George Mehler) You tube demonstration

Remember the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf

Remember how each pig built a house and the pig who made the house out of brick, house did not fall down. Well lets retell this story so that we can remember the four different fronts (page 86-87). Work with your pair to recreate the story from a selected front. The teacher will whisper the type of front but don't tell the class, because we will try to guess which front you are talking about.

Part 2 continued

For example Once upon a time the Big Bad Wolf came to frighten the pigs.

He said I will huff and puff and blow your house down. He put up a big front, but I knew he was just being cold. It was hot outside, but the Big Bad Wolf still decided to blow his cold air to try to knock the house down, instead it just made it cooler outside. The next thing we knew it was raining and snowing and we made a snow man instead. The end!!!

Hand out –Air masses, fronts, and weather. Read pages 84-89 to answer questions for handout.

Part 3

Warm-Up-Infer what the following vocabulary words mean? Maritime, continental, polar, tropical

Activating Strategy- Graphic Organizer-Use the word map to

decipher the differences in the above vocabulary words.

Cold Air Mass-use the pyramid to identify and describe the type of cold air masses

Warm air mass-use the pyramid to identify and describe the types

of warm air masses.

Part 4

Essential Question-Describe the formation of hurricanes, and tornadoes?

Warm-Up-Define the following words: lightning, thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, latitude, longitude.

Activating strategy-Brain pop Hurricanes and Tornadoes

Create a Venn Diagram with your pair. Compare and Contrast Hurricanes and Thunderstorms.

Learning Assessment-Hurricane data chart.

Orally explain what you found using the hurricane map on the next page. List the direction the hurricane is traveling, the latitude and longitude of the hurricane and the distance in km that it is traveling.

Study for test tomorrow!!!

Learning Assessment-Hurricane data chart.

Orally explain what you found using the hurricane map on the next page. List the direction the hurricane is traveling, the latitude and longitude of the hurricane and the distance in km that it is traveling.

Remember Latitude is north or south of the prime meridian, and longitude is east or west of the prime meridian

Warm-Up-Answer question 9, 10, and 11 on page 97.

Test (Open composition notebook)

Hand out Complete front page Weather Map