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Article Title
On Cloud 9: Helping Students Relate the Concept of Differential Heating to Changes in Weather
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Understanding the basic features that drive the weather is important for understanding weather forecasting. In this activity students investigate differential heating and then connect that understanding to weather. Students are required to design a procedure, collect data, and make sense of that data. These investigative skills require students to be mentally engaged, and better model what scientists do while highlighting the inquisitive nature of science. This activity promotes National Science Education Standards A, B, D, and G and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 2, 3, and 6.
Publication Date
Fall 2007
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
34
Issue
3
First Page
14
Last Page
18
Copyright
© Copyright 2007 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
White, Elizabeth and Pett, Morgan
(2007)
"On Cloud 9: Helping Students Relate the Concept of Differential Heating to Changes in Weather,"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 34:
No.
3, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol34/iss3/5