Author

STORM Project

Grade Level

Gr. 9; Gr. 10; Gr. 11; Gr. 12; Gr. Secondary

Document Type

Activities and Labs

Keywords

Environmental science--Experiments; Ecology--Experiments; Atmospheric physics--Experiments;

Abstract

Objectives:
1. Students will be able to define and draw isotherms to analyze temperature variations.
2. Students will be able to compare and contrast temperature variations on a weather map.

National Science Standards: As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of: structure of earth system, science and technology, risks and benefits, and science and technology in society.

Department

Department of Earth Science

Department

STORM Project - Science Center for Teaching, Outreach, and Research on Meteorology

Comments

Level 2 Weather Activities:

  • Activity 1: Reading Universal Time
  • Activity 2: Drawing Isotherms
  • Activity 3: Structure of the Atmosphere
  • Activity 4: Winds Around Highs and Lows
  • Activity 5: Fronts
  • Activity 6: Mid-Latitude Cyclones
  • Activity 7: Precipitation Patterns
  • Activity 8: Drawing Isobars
  • Activity 9: Air Pressure and Weather
  • Activity 10: Decoding METAR Data
  • Activity 11: Reading and Using Meteograms
  • Activity 12: Upper Air Plots

Original Date

2007

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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