Earth Science Unit Overview: Chapter 4 – Earth’s Water Lesson 1 – Earth: The Blue Planet Lesson 2 – The Water Cycle Lesson 3 – Fresh Water Resources Lesson 4 – California’s Water Supply Chapter 5 – Earth’s Weather Lesson 1 – Earth’s Atmosphere Lesson 2 – Air Current and Wind Lesson 3 – Ocean’s and Air Temperature Lesson 4 – Severe Weather Lesson 5 – Predicting Weather Chapter 6 – The Solar System Lesson 1 – The Sun Lesson 2 – The Structure of the Solar System Lesson 3 – Gravity and Orbit

Predicting the Weather Lesson Overview: 1) What do we already know? 2) Vocabulary 3) Drawings 4) Main Ideas 5) Review Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather What do we already know? BrainPOP Teaser Page 1 Predicting the Weather What do we already know? BrainPOP Teaser What causes severe weather? a) When warm and cold fronts come together and warm air gets pushed upward and condenses. What causes thunderstorms? a) See question 1. 3) What are tornadoes? a) A rotating, funnel shaped cloud with extremely high winds. 3) Food Chain Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather: Vocabulary Part I Page 2 Predicting the Weather: Vocabulary Part I 1) forecast: to make your best guess before something happens 2) meteorologist: a scientist who specializes in the study of Earth’s atmosphere and weather. 3) Weather map: shows the weather in a specific area at a specific point in time. Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather: Drawings (pg. 279) Page 3 Predicting the Weather: Drawings (pg. 279) Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather: Drawings Page 4 Predicting the Weather: Drawings Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather: Drawings (pg. 282) Page 5 Predicting the Weather: Drawings (pg. 282) Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas Page 6 Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas Who needs to know what the weather will be? (pg. 278-279) a) An airplane pilot, a farmer, and a meteorologist. Quick Check (pg. 279) -Critical Thinking: What are other symbols you could use to show on a map how cloudy the sky is? a) Dots, colors, numbers, pictures Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas Page 7 Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas 2) What do weather fronts tell you? (pg. 280-281) a) Tell you what the weather is going to be like in the future. Quick Check (pg. 281) -Compare and Contrast: How does what low and high pressure systems tell you differ from what warm and cold fronts tell you? a) Fronts: What kind of weather is approaching b) Pressure: tells you the temperature Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas Page 8 Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas 3) What do lows and highs tell you? (pg. 282-283) a) They tell you what the local weather conditions will be like. Quick Check (pg. 283) -Critical Thinking: Why would knowing where the low and high pressure systems are moving help you forecast the weather? a) Knowing where low or high pressure systems are moving will let you know where it might be raining or clear. Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas Page 9 Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas 4) How do weather forecasters collect data? (pg. 284) a) Weather balloon, Doppler radar, and satellites. Quick Check (pg. 284) -Critical Thinking: Why does having additional data help meteorologists make forecasts more accurate? a) With more data, you know more variables and can give more specific forecasts. Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5

Predicting the Weather: Review Page 10 Predicting the Weather: Review Summarize the main ideas Click to Watch! Think, Talk, and Write Earth’s Weather: Lesson 5