1. Air Masses and Fronts D 68-73 http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_an_air_mass.htm

2. Engage Get Ready Why might your weather today depend on what someone else’s weather was like yesterday?

3. Engage Inquiry Skill Interpret Data You interpret data when you use the information that has been gathered to answer questions or solve a problem.

4. Definition in your own words Air mass Characteristics and Picture Examples Use in a sentence Non-Examples

5. Definition in your own words Front Characteristics and Picture Examples Use in a sentence Non-Examples

6. Definition in your own words Cold front Characteristics and Picture Examples Use in a sentence Non-Examples

7. Definition in your own words Warm front Characteristics and Picture Examples Use in a sentence Non-Examples

8. Explore Lab D 69 How Can You Compare Weather?

9. Data Chart http://www.bom.gov.au/info/ftweather/page_7.shtml http://www.intellicast.com/National/Wind/Current.aspx

10. Drawing Conclusions 1.Which areas have warm, rainy weather?(level 3) 2. Where is the weather cool and dry?(level 3) 3.How do you think weather in any part of the country may change, based on the data in this map? Gove reasons for your answer. How would you check you predictions? (level 4) 4.What will tomorrow’s weather be like? Interpret the information on the weather map in the morning paper. Compare you interpretations to the actual weather during the day. (level 5) Click here for a forecast from the National Weather Service http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Omaha&state=NE&site=OAX&textField1=41.2639&textField2=-96.0117&e=1

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12. Video Proper heading10 - notes or new bits of information

13. Explain Read to Learn T-Chart

14. ScienceMrs. Fanning Read to Learn Combo NotesOctober Main Idea: weather changes often occur at fronts, where different air masses meet. Pictures, charts or diagrams

15. Explore and Explain Quick Lab Weather Prediction Infer –How is this like what happens when a tornado forms? Explain http://www.usatoday.com/weather/fronts/latest- fronts-systems.htm

16. ScienceMrs. Fanning Think and WriteDate Evaluate Think and Write D 81 1.What are four different kinds of air masses? How are they different? (level 3) 2.What kind of weather is produced by a cold front? (level 3) 3.What kind of weather is produced by a warm front? (level 3) 4.How can you use weather maps to predict the weather? (level 4) 5.How can you tell the kind of front passing by just by observing the weather? (level 5)

17. Evaporation and Condensation How Fish Get Oxygen What Happens During the Water Cycle What is Steam? Evaporation and Condensation How Fish Get Oxygen What Happens During the Water Cycle What is Steam? Explain The Water Cycle The Water Cycle 2 The Water Cycle 3 Groundwater Pollution Thermal Energy Transfer Evaporation and Condensation How Fish Get Oxygen What Happens During the Water Cycle What is Steam? The Water Cycle The Water Cycle 2 The Water Cycle 3 Groundwater Pollution Thermal Energy Transfer Evaporation and Condensation How Fish Get Oxygen What Happens During the Water Cycle What is Steam?

18. The Carbon Cycle Nonliving Factors Heat Make the Difference Motion From Heat Water Current and Electric Current Forces at Work The Life Cycle of a Frog The Carbon Cycle Nonliving Factors Heat Make the Difference Motion From Heat Water Current and Electric Current Forces at Work The Life Cycle of a Frog Explain Types of Clouds The Carbon Cycle Nonliving Factors Heat Make the Difference Motion From Heat Water Current and Electric Current Forces at Work The Life Cycle of a Frog Types of Clouds The Carbon Cycle Nonliving Factors Heat Make the Difference Motion From Heat Water Current and Electric Current Forces at Work The Life Cycle of a Frog

19. Science Up Close HMH School Publishers Extend Resources Models of the Atom Models of the Atom Water Current and Electric Current Water Current and Electric Current Zooming in on Matter Zooming in on Matter Mass How a Battery Works How a Battery Works Magnetic Poles Magnetic Poles Electric Circuit Electric Circuit Making Muffins Making Muffins

20. Extend Links Technology

21. Extend Links Writing Write an interview for the local TV news. Explain how changes in the weather affected the way three people spent their day.

22. Extend Links Math Research local newspapers to learn what kinds of fronts have moved through your area and the kind of weather each front brought. Do this for one month. Graph your data. Report what you found.

23. Extend Chapter Activities McMillian McGraw-Hill