Weather
Overview-
The major theme through out the unit is the effect of the Sun’s energy on the creation of weather systems. Students collect and analyze local weather data over time to note relationships between current data such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, and cloud types and the existing weather and predict future weather.
Big Ideas-
The major theme through out the unit is the effect of the Sun’s energy on the creation of weather systems. Students collect and analyze local weather data over time to note relationships between current data such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, and cloud types and the existing weather and predict future weather.
Big Ideas-
- The Earth heats unevenly due to varying directness of the sun’s rays, different surfaces (water, soil, sand), different altitudes, and different lengths of day (exposure to the sun’s energy).
- Uneven heating causes uneven air pressure resulting in air movement (wind)
- The warmer the air the more water vapor it can hold.
- The atmosphere has properties that can be measured and observed and recorded in station models.
- Heat energy from the sun causes water to change state and be continually recycled.
- Climate is the average of the weather over many decades.
(This information is taken from the Delaware Department of Education website under Science Education Unit Templates)