Today is Friday, December 21, 2012 Homework: Think of SCIENCE FAIR IDEAS!!!!!! Warm UP: How do you MEASURE weather?
Goal for Today SWBAT demonstrate the ability to explain how weather data is collected and analyzed by discussing the uses of weather measuring tools.
Guess That Tool?
Barometer – air pressure
Anemometer – wind speed and direction
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Hygrometer – humidity
Rain gauge – rain
Doppler Radar – storm movement detection (fronts!!!!!!)
1. Barometer 3. Hygrometer 2. Anemometer 5. Doppler Radar 4. Rain Gauge
Common Weather Symbols Area of high pressure L Area of low pressure Warm front Cold front Stationary front Snow Rain Thunderstorms Sunny Cloudy Partly Cloudy
Closing it up…. Tell your SHOULDER PARTNER the name of one type of weather measuring tool we talked about today and how it is used.