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Aerospace Education Services Project  Earth’s atmosphere is a thin layer of gases 78% nitrogen78% nitrogen 21% oxygen21% oxygen 1% other gases1% other gases The Nature of the Atmosphere

What is Weather? How the atmosphere behaves over minutes, hours, days, season to season. We predict and measure weather conditions: temperature humidity precipitation cloudiness brightness visibility wind atmospheric pressure Aerospace Education Services Project

Weather vs. Climate Weather refers to the current atmospheric conditions (including temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity, barometric pressure) at a particular time and place. Climate refers to the general weather patterns expected in a given area (sometimes based on the 30 year average weather). Climate may also be applied more generally to large-scale weather patterns in time or space (e.g., an Ice Age climate or a tropical climate).

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The Cloud Triangle Clouds can be defined by: Their shape & form The cloud base altitude If they are precipitating Aerospace Education Services Project

No Clouds 0% Clear % Isolated % Scattered % Broken % Overcast >90% Contrail Cover No Contrails 0% 0-10% 10-25%25-50% >50% Estimating Percentages Cloud Cover Aerospace Education Services Project

GLOBE “Cloud Cover” Activity 30% Aerospace Education Services Project

“Cloud In a Bottle” Activity Meteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9

Aerospace Education Services Project “Building a Barometer” Activity Meteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9

Aerospace Education Services Project Clay Straw Initial Water Level Clay Plug 1 Liter Bottle 2 Liter Bottle Hot Water Level GLOBE “Building A Thermometer” Activity

Aerospace Education Services Project “Surface Color and Effect of Temperature Change” Activity Meteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9

Distance (miles) (covered minutes time by research aircraft measuring surface temperature) “Heat Island” Investigation What is the reason for this temperature pattern? Aerospace Education Services Project

What is the reason for this temperature pattern? Aerospace Education Services Project Atlanta, GA “Heat Island” Investigation NASA Mission Geography “Why Is the City Hot” Investigation

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