March Journeyman

Read:

The full reading section of the Eureka packet about weather.

Watch:

After all that reading about stormy weather we figured you deserved a little sunshine. Have fun
with this video.
Walking on Sunshine

Memorize

 the meaning of the following terms from The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy:

• Atmospheric pressure,
• atmosphere, barometer, 
• acid rain, 
• air pollution, 
• air quality index, 
• cell,
• clouds, 
• cirrus clouds, 
• cumulus clouds, 
• cyclone, 
• cloud seeding, 
• eye of a hurricane, 
• humidity,
• hurricane, 
• ionosphere, 
• thermal inversion, 
• nimbus clouds, 
• ozone hole, 
• precipitation, 
• prevailing
• westerlies, 
• stratosphere, 
• thunder, 
• typhoon, 
• tornado

Answer

the following questions in written format to be turned in.

1) How would understanding global wind patterns, including the Coriolis Force, have
helped explorers in the sixteenth century navigate between Europe and the Americas.

2) How does pressure affect wind?

3) What is the “dew point”?

4) What is “density”?

Do

 the following activity:

 Make a diagram of the sky that includes the four basic types of clouds. Tell what kind of
weather each cloud predicts. Bring to class.

Inspirements: 

Choose one of the following or come up with your own way to share what you
have learned. Please let Sis. Mapes know by Tuesday what inspirement you will be doing.

•  Write a poem or song about precipitation. Include the scientific information you learned about precipitation.

•  Stage a weather forecast that predicts a large snow or rain storm coming into our area. Write a script that includes appropriate weather fronts and wind patterns. Be prepared to answer questions from the audience.

•  Research and learn about a tornado or hurricane. Write a one-page paper on the area affected, and how the area recovered better prepared for future storms.