Weather, Weather Everywhere

Portfolio Lab Project

Students will investigate various weather related experiments to learn about the atmosphere and weather on Earth.

Essential Questions

In what ways does weather change?

How do we measure changes in weather?

What causes different kinds of weather?

Why is understanding weather important for us?

Background Research Websites & Animations:

GENERAL

www.weatherwizkids.com

ATMOSPHERE

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/atmosphere/

http://www.educapoles.org/multimedia/animation_detail/what_is_the_atmosphere

ENERGY TRANSFER
https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/earth-science/sce304/heat-transfer--conduction--convection--radiation

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/lsps07_int_heattransfer/

http://www.classzone.com/books/ml_science_share/vis_sim/eam05_pg19_conduct/eam05_pg19_conduct.html

www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/physics/radiation-heat-transfer.html

Conduction
http://tdflashzone.net23.net/index.php?p=2_73

WINDS
http://bborucki.com/weather.html
http://www.eschooltoday.com/winds/mountain-and-valley-breeze.html 

Breezes
www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/media/sea_and_land_breeze.swf

Coriolis Effect
www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1904/es1904page01.cfm

WEATHER FACTORS
www.weatherwizkids.com

Pressure

http://www.weatherworksinc.com/high-low-pressure

CLOUDS
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml

http://scienceforkids.kidipede.com/physics/weather/clouds.htm

PRECIPITATION
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/home.rxml

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0111-precipitation.php

http://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/precip/precip.html

AIR MASSES & FRONTS

Air Masses

http://www.goldridge08.com/flash/airmasses.swf

http://video.about.com/weather/Types-of-Air-Masses.htm  (Video)

Fronts

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/

http://www.mesoscale.iastate.edu/agron206/animations/05_cnWfronts.html

https://eo.ucar.edu/kids/sky/air5.htm

SEVERE STORMS

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/tornado/formation.html

TORNADOES

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/11/biggest-storm/tornado-formation
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/us-tornado-formation-vin

http://eschooltoday.com/natural-disasters/tornadoes/how-do-tornadoes-form.html

HURRICANES

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/formation.shtml

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.watcyc.hurrlife/how-hurricanes-form/

http://www.geog.canterbury.ac.nz/cgta/resources/TC/hurricanebasics.swf

THUNDERSTORMS

http://www.wiley.com/college/strahler/0471480533/animations/ch06_animations/index.html