Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons^™

Weather Around Highs And Lows, Storm Project

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Objectives:
1. Students will develop an understanding of precipitation patterns associated with high pressure and low pressure areas.
2. Students will develop an understanding of temperature patterns associated with high pressure and low pressure areas.

National Science Education Standards: All students should develop an understanding of: properties of objects and materials, properties of earth materials, and changes in earth and sky.

Drawing Isotherms, Storm Project

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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.

Structure Of The Atmosphere, Storm Project

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National Science Education Standards: As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of: abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry, properties and changes of properties in matter, understandings about science and technology, and structure of the earth system.

Precipitation Patterns, Storm Project

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Objective: Students will demonstrate the relationship between precipitation types and surface temperatures.They will use forecast maps to predict where snow or rain will fall over the next several days.

National Science Education Standards – As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an
understanding of structure of the earth system.

Particulate Matter Matters!, Storm Project

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National Science Education Standards:

• CONTENT STANDARD D: Science as Inquiry
• CONTENT STANDARD E: Understandings about science and technology
• CONTENT STANDARD F: Personal and community health; Environmental quality

What's The Temperature?, Storm Project

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Objective : Students will be able to read a Fahrenheit and a Celsius thermometer, and correctly indicate temperatures on a thermometer diagram.

National Science Education Standards : All students should develop an understanding of: properties of earth materials, objects in the sky, changes in earth and sky. Weather changes from day to day and over the seasons. Weather can be described by measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.

Where Did The Water Go?, Storm Project

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Objectives:

•To predict what will happen to the water sprayed on the surface after setting for a short time.
•To predict the effect of moving air on evaporation

National Science Education Standards: As a result of activities in grades K-4, all students should develop: abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry, properties of earth materials, and changes in earth and sky.

Air Masses, Storm Project

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Objectives:
• Students will learn and become familiar with the four air masses: cold and dry; cold and humid; hot and dry; and hot and humid.
• Students will learn that air masses have specific characteristics: temperature and humidity, the leading edge of the air mass is called the front, a front is the boundary between two air masses, and movement of air masses brings certain weather conditions with it.

National Science Education Standards: All students should develop: abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry, properties of earth materials, and changes in earth and sky.

You're One In A Million: An Activity In Comparing Of Concentrations, Storm Project

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Objectives:

Prior to the introduction of criteria pollutants and NAAQS values, it may be helpful to familiarize students with the scale at which criteria pollutants have been deemed harmful. Often numbers as small as these can seem almost abstract, but the following activities will help to make them accessible and concrete to the students,making the discussions of NAAQS values more meaningful.

Weather Station Plots, Storm Project

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Objectives:

•Students will learn basic weather symbols used on weather station plots
•Students will learn, read and interpret the symbols

National Science Education Standards: All students should develop an understanding of: properties of earth materials and changes in earth and sky.

Where Is It Hot Or Cold?, Storm Project

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Objective: Students will be able to access a web site that will allow them to understand temperature readings and patterns across the United States.

National Science Education Standard: As a result of their activities in grades K-4, all students should develop an understanding of: Properties of earth materials, objects in the sky, changes in earth and sky. Weather changes from day to day and over the seasons. Weather can be described by measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.

Do The Dewpoint!, Storm Project

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Objectives:
1.Students will observe examples of condensation and deposition.
2. Students will observe, record, and analyze data.

National Science Education Standards: All students should develop: abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry, properties of earth materials,and changes in earth and sky.

Fronts, Storm Project

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National Science Education Standards: As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should be able to develop an understanding about scientific inquiry, structure of earth system, and understandings about science and technology.

Air Pressure And Weather, Storm Project

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Objective: Students will learn about relationships between air pressure and weather changes.

National Science Education Standards: As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop: understandings about scientific inquiry, structure of the earth system, and understanding about science and technology.

Decoding Metar Data, Storm Project

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Objectives: Students will decode a METAR report and convert the decoded METAR data to a station model plot.

National Science Education Standard: All students should develop an understanding of: abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry, properties and changes of properties in matter, understandings about science and technology, and structure of the earth system.

Mid-Latitude Cyclones, Storm Project

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National Science Education Standards: As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding about scientific inquiry, structure of the earth system, and understandings about science and technology.

Drawing Isobars, Storm Project

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Objectives:
1. Students will be able to define and draw isobars to analyze air pressure variations.
2. Students will be able to identify highs and lows on the analyzed maps.

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.

There's A Hole In My Umbrella: A Mini-Unit On Acid Deposition, Storm Project

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Objective: Students will gain an understanding of acid deposit ion and the environmental impact it has both nationally and globally. National Science Standards: As a result of these activities, students in grades 9-12, will

• develop skills in scientific inquiry (standard A).
• observe changes in properties of matter (standard B).
• gain an understanding of environmental quality related to both natural and human-induced hazards (standard F).
• understand that science is a global challenge (standard F).
• evaluate results of scientific experiments and observations (standard F).

Reading Universal Time, Storm Project

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National Science Education Standards: As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding about science and technology, and science and technology in society.

Reading And Using Meteograms, Storm Project

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Objectives:Students learn how hourly weather data is plotted on a meteogram, and how to interpret the data. They will relate meteogram data to surface weather maps.

National Science Education Standards: As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of: abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry, properties and changes of properties in matter, understandings about science and technology, and structure of the earth system.

As a result of their activities in grades 9-12, all students should develop an understanding of Energy in the earth System: The sun is the major external source of energy; Heating …

Upper Air Plots, Storm Project

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Objectives: Students will study air patterns at three different levels of the troposphere.

National Science Education Standards: As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of: abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry, properties and changes of properties in matter, understandings about science and technology, and structure of the earth system.

Is Air Quality In The Index?, Storm Project

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Objectives:

• Make predictions and explanations based from evidence.
• Identify sources of air pollution that affect air quality.
• Interpret and apply the Air Quality Index.
• Have the desire to share Air Quality information with others.

5-8 NSES Standards:

• Standard A: Inquiry •Standard D: Structure of Earth Systems
•Standard E: Science and Technology
•Standard F: Personal Health, Population, Resources, Environmental and Natural Hazards, Risks and Benefits, Science and Technology in Society

9-12 NSES Standards:

• Standard A: Inquiry
• Standard D: Geochemical Cycles, Origin and Evoluti
on of the Earth System
• Standard E: Science and Technology …

Factories - Friends Or Foes?, Storm Project

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Objective: Students will be able to role play various points of view considering placement of a factory and its effects on air quality.

National Science Education Standards:

Standard E - Understandings about science and technology

Standard F -

• Personal health
• Populations, resources, and environments
• Natural hazards
• Risks and benefits
• Science and technology in society

Standard G - Science as a human endeavor

There's A Whole Lotta Spillin' Goin' On!, Storm Project

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Unit Learning Objectives: The learner should be able to:

1. Compare and contrast hazardous chemical spills
2. Comprehend how hazardous chemicals affect the environment.
3. Explain the difficulty involved in cleaning up a
hazardous spill.
4. Explain how the chemical travels once it is released.
5. Assess how hazardous chemicals affect the human body and animal life.
6. Analyze a chemical spill and its affects on its
surroundings.
7. Create an emergency management system based on a real life situation

Evidence of Understanding: By the end of this unit, students should be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of hazardous …