| WEATHER
AND WATER COURSE MATRIX |
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FOSS
CD-ROM
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FOSS
READINGS |
EXTENSIONS |
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1. |
What
Is Weather? (2 sessions) |
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Links to On-Line Resources
• Weather Chart Spreadsheet |
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Naming Hurricanes
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Continue with the video.
• Explore weather topics.
• Track weather reports.
• Consider weather lore.
• Contact the National Weather Service.
• Explore careers in meteorology.
• Use a spreadsheet to look at weather data. |
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2. |
Where’s
the Air? (3–4 sessions) |
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Matter and Energy: Gas in a Syringe
• Atmospheric Data: Elevator to Space |
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What’s in the Air?
• A Thin Blue Veil |
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Weigh the air in a soccer ball.
• Draw atmosphere posters.
• Find out about atmospheric research from space.
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3. |
Seasons
and Sun (5 sessions) |
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Cycles: Seasons
• Cycles: Pacific Coast Day Length
• Cycles: Pacific Coast Sunsets |
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Wendy and Her Worldwide Weather Watchers
• Seasons |
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Experiment with solar heating.
• Compare variables for cities at different latitudes
on the FOSS
CD-ROM.
• Change Earth’s tilt on the FOSS
CD-ROM.
• Investigate day lengths and sunsets on the FOSS CD-ROM. |
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4. |
Heat
Transfer (5 sessions) |
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Matter and Energy: Thermometer
• Matter and Energy: Molecules in Solids, Liquids, and
Gases
• Matter and Energy: Heat and Energy
• Video Resources: Conduction through Metals |
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Thermometer: A Device to Measure Temperature
• Heating the Atmosphere
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• Test conduction through other materials.
• Investigate heat capacity on the FOSS CD-ROM.
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5. |
Convection
(5 sessions) |
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Matter and Energy: Heat and Energy
• Video Resources: Convection Chamber |
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Density
• Convection |
• “Launch” solar balloons.
• Practice calculating density.
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