1. Thunderstorms TEACHER NOTES below Beforehand:
This ppt is text only, so do a Google image search and add in a good thunderstorm picture or two. There some room to the right side of the text for those images.
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Materials per student: sheet of lined notebook paper
Procedure:
Have students open their books to page ______ that describes thunderstorms. (If this is not in your book at all, just use the PowerPoint to lead the activity, and have students write down the steps when they’re shown.)
Notes:
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Since this cause-and-effect chart follows a pattern (first this happened, then this, then this….) let your students take over and start telling you the next thing to write down on the paper before it’s revealed. If they’re just copying what YOU say and put on the screen, there’s not much thinking going on inside their minds.
Beforehand, go through and write all this out on a sheet of paper for yourself. You’ll be surprised at how much better you communicate during the lesson.
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2. Warm, humid air is at the ground, while cooler air is above.
Thunderstorms
Starter statement:
Warm, humid air is at the ground, while cooler air is above.
The beginning
Warm air rises
A cumulous cloud forms
Energy is released when water condenses
Air motion increases
Vapor forms crystals at the top where it’s cold
Large crystals fall
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3. Homework- now do another for…
Lightning
Hurricanes
Tornadoes