1. 10/22 - If you had to pick one person
Bellwork
10/22 - If you had to pick one person
from this class to be stranded on a
desert island for a week, who would
it be, and why? What if it were
for a year?

2. Discuss 3 Level Qs in groups Discuss as a class and turn in
AGENDA
Bellwork
Discuss 3 Level Qs in groups
Discuss as a class and turn in
Climate lecture
Drops in the bucket

3. Bellwork:
What is your favorite season
of the year, and why?

4. Learning Intention
TIW: identify and describe the 3 forces contributing to deserts
SIC: understand why Colorado Springs has such crazy, unpredictable weather
IKW: I can name the 3 forces and explain how each influences our climate

5. Tidbits of Climate info
Difference between weather and climate
Monsoon - seasonal winds bringing wet and dry season
Canadian Shield - RA20 & 21, mineral rich, bare rock

6. 3 Factors Contributing to Deserts
Wind Patterns
Rain Shadow Effect
Continentality

7. Wind Patterns
Wind determines which direction
our weather comes from
We have westerly winds, bringing our
weather from the west

8. P. 59 - causes dry areas and deserts
Rain Shadow Effect
P causes dry areas and deserts
to form on leeward sides of mountain
ranges
- moisture from air is released on
windward side of mountain

9. Interior areas of large land masses have drier air that
CONTINENTALITY
P. 362
Interior areas of large land
masses have drier air that
experiences extreme variations
in temperature