1. Weather
Agenda – 09 JAN 15
Warm Up JASON Project: Mission 1 (front side only) You will need to work with a partner
Causes of Weather Notes
Atmosphere and Weather Menu Project
Factors of Weather: Temperature (HW)

2. Read pages 6-11 in your Jason Project books (you need to share!)
WARM UP:
What is weather?
Read pages 6-11 in your Jason Project books (you need to share!)

3. What is weather?
Weather - the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place.

5. Get your Causes of Weather note sheet and get ready to fill it in!

6. The Sun and the Water Cycle
The Sun (1) powers the water cycle.
Solar power (energy) heats up the oceans (5) causing the water to evaporate (3). As it cools, water vapor condenses (2) into clouds and falls back to Earth as precipitation (4).

7. The Shape of the Earth
Even though the Earth is round, it is tilted on its axis
Due to the tilt, different parts get different amounts of sunlight.
The equator gets the most direct sunlight.
The poles get indirect sunlight.

8. Cause: Air pressure Effect: Wind movement
Air, Pressure, and Wind
Cause: Air pressure Effect: Wind movement
Air pressure differences cause wind.
Wind is moving air.
Warmer areas have low pressure (higher in altitude)
Cooler areas have high pressure (lower in altitude.)
Air likes to move from high pressure areas into low pressure areas.

9. On the BACK of your
notes is our
weather chart!
WE will fill this out
together so please
keep these in your
NOTES section!
Check out the weather bug camera on the roof of Cardinal Ridge Elementary!
JML Weather Bug: Use this link to see the data and fill out your weather chart!

10. Heat moves around - Convection, Conduction, and Radiation
Types of weather
Types of weather fronts - cold front & warm fronts
What
to KNOW:
Measurement tools for weather - thermometer, barometer, rain gauge, hygrometer/psychrometer
Cloud formation and types of clouds
Air pressure in weather

11. Coriolis Effect The TROPOSPHERE air is constantly moving too.
There are CONVECTION currents of air.
Warm air from the equator moves toward the poles and cold air from the poles moves toward the equator.
Coriolis explained! = Video 2

12. Thinking about our Weather
How does weather affect air travel and safety?
How does daily weather affect YOUR afterschool plans?

13. SNOW FUN PICTURE
Mrs. Koop took this picture!
It is a hill in ROMANIA!

14. How the Sun hits the Earth at different times of the year

15. Websites from the presentation
(Factors Affecting Weather)
(Our World: What is Weather)
(Weather Bug Camera – Cardinal Ridge Elementary)
(JML Weather Bug Station)
(Coriolis Effect)
(Weather and Climate)