Introduction
Introduction:
Greetings Meteorologists! You have been invited by the National Weather Service to try out for a spot on their junior meteorologist team! In order to try out you will need to utilize what you have learned so far this quarter as well as research from this web quest to put together a presentation on the weather trends for a city of your choice. To begin your research for the project click on "Task 1"
Task
Task 1
- To begin, decide on a city that you would like to complete your research on. You will then track data for this city for the next five days. You will use the same website that we have used to track our own weather this quarter. http://www.weather.com.
- Use the table provided below to help you organize your information. While you are completing task one, you may also work on task two to help you better understand the weather conditions in your area.
(Completion of this table will serve as your assessment for task 1.)
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Process
Task 2: Location, Location, Location!
Where in the world is your city located? How is this affecting the weather that it currently has? Use the worksheet attached to record your answers for later. Completion of this will serve as your assessment for task 2.
- Using the following website, http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/findlatlong.htm find the latitude and longitude points for your city. Round the latitude and longitude numbers to the nearest whole number.
- What hemisphere is your city located? Use this link to help you determine which hemisphere you are researching. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/b/comcontocheml.cfm
- What season is your city currently experiencing? Use the following website to help you come to a conclusion on the season. Be sure that you can explain how you know what the season is and why you know this. http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0017B-reasons-for-the-four-seasons.php
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