Weather and Climate

Today you are going to discover what it takes to be a Meterologist.  You might say " Mrs. Lee, we haven't learned what a Meterologist does."  Well, a Meterologist is a scientist who studies the atmosphere and its changes in order to predict the daily weather to inform us.

How would you like to attend an outdoor picnic in the rain? Wouldn't you like to know when a severe storm is coming? We get this information from television news casts, listening to the radio, reading the daily newspapers, and tuning into a weather channel.

Today you will research each of the six topics below: Weather VS. Climate, Air Pressure, Humidity, Air Masses, Fronts, and Severe Weather. 

Working with a partner, you need to complete the weather note taking sheet( Mrs. Lee will pass these out to you), which has each of the seven topics broken down into a section box with important questions that a Meterologists needs to know the answers to.

You need to do your best work because you will be using this information tomorrow for a very important project.

First Step: Background Information:

What is the difference between weather and climate? How do air pressure, humidity, and other factors affect our local weather?

Explore the links on each subject. These links are important because they will provide basic information about the topic as a whole. Everyone should explore these sites before starting your Task. Take notes on your Weather WebQuest Notes sheet as you explore these sites. The notes you take will be the basis for your very important project tomorrow.

Here are a couple of really good sites with general weather information that you may want to look at before you look at the sites for your topic:

http://www.weatherquestions.com

 http://www.weatherwizkids.com

Step 2:Weather vs Climate:

Explore these sites to gain a better understanding of the difference between weather and

climate. Take notes on your Weather WebQuest Notes sheet.

http://atoc.colorado.edu/~fasullo/pjw_class/weathervsclimate.html

http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/clima/atmosph/wvsc.htm

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qITEZ1zYCLs (copy and paste into a new window, if you need help with this, call Mrs. Lee over)

Step 3: Air Pressure

How does air pressure affect the weather?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQ8FWnM0fA

What is Air Pressure?

https://scied.ucar.edu/webweather/weather-ingredients/pressure

Step 4:Humidity

What is humidity? How does humidity affect our weather?

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/hu/Humidity

Step 5: Air Masses

How do air masses affect the weather?

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0122-air-masses.php

Step 6: Severe Weather

Learn about all types of severe weather including tornados, hurricanes and blizzards.

http://www.weatherpresentations.com/School/index_files/frame.htm

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Winter Storms

Step 8: After you completed your weather note taking worksheet, you will be ready for tomorrows important project.

This Webquest is part ONE of a TWO Part PROJECT.  

PART ONE OF PROJECT

GRADING FOR WEATHER NOTE TAKING WORKSHEET IS WORTH 75 POINTS.

PART TWO OF PROJECT USING A GRADING RUBRIC WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED DURING CLASS TOMORROW.

How does the weather affect our lives? Why do we need to study the weather? How would your life be different if you never knew what the weather on a particular day would be like?

Be sure you can answer these questions they will need to be answered on your very important project tomorrow!

All resources are listed within the process pages.

The original webquest was created by Jenni Carter, modified for SPED.