Monday, March 9th Entry Task

1.Re-read the procedure for the lab.2.Look at your hypothesis. Make any necessary changes (keep the purpose and the problem statement in mind)3.Add any control variables to what is already written down in your notebook (after looking over the procedure you may come across additional ones)

Schedule:• Local Winds Lab- collect data

Objective: •I can measure differences in rate of temperature change between water and sand

Homework• Complete Graph for lab• Air pressure stats

Please have on desk:• 6 questions from Friday

• Make a double line graph Make a double line graph depicting the data from the two depicting the data from the two beakers. (remember to include a beakers. (remember to include a title and labels for each axis.)title and labels for each axis.)

Tuesday, March 10th Entry Task

1. Compare your graph with the person sitting next to you.

2. Write down any differences you may have.

3. Make any changes to your graph, if necessary.

4. Make sure you use the “how to write an 8th grade lab report” as a guide.

Schedule:• Local Winds Lab- Conclusion

Homework:• Formal Lab Report due

tomorrow

Objective:•I can analyze scientific data and create a conclusion to explain cause of local winds

Please Have on Desk:• Graph

ConclusionFollow the bullets below; each bullet is a sentence in your paragraph.•What was the questions/purpose/problem statement of the experiment? •How does the data answer the question from the questions/purpose/problem statement? •Give examples from the data to support what the answer is – USE NUMBERS! •State whether the hypothesis was supported by the data. •Give a different example from the data to explain whether the hypothesis was supported or not – USE NUMBERS! •What were possible sources of error in this experiment? •Give 2 to 3 specific examples of possible error from the experiment. •Summarize what was learned and what the results support.

Wednesday, March 11th Entry Task Answer the following questions using full sentences, IQIA.1.Does wind move horizontally or vertically?2.Does warm air rise or sink?3.Does air move from low- to high- pressure areas or from high to low?4.What does the Coriolis effect cause winds to do?

Schedule:• Lab, Peer edit• Air pressure and wind review• 16.1 and 16.2 Quiz

Homework:• Read/RSG 16.3• Chapter 16 Vocabulary Due

Tuesday

Objective: •I can review information about air pressure and winds

Please have on desk:• Formal Lab Report

16.1 and 16.2 Vocabulary

Subject: Air pressure•Air pressure•Barometer

Subject: Wind Patterns•Weather•Wind•Global wind•Coriolis effect•Jet Stream•Monsoon

Thursday, March 12th Entry Task Answer the following questions using full sentences, IQA.

1.What is humidity?2.The temperature at which air will reach saturation is called what?3.What are clouds made of?4.What do cloud droplets condense on?

Schedule:• Cloud notes• Cloud Types

Worksheet

Homework:• Finish Cloud Types WS

Objective: • I can classify cloud types based on their characteristics

Please have on desk:• 16.3 RSG

Most Clouds Form as Air Rises and Cools

Ch. 16:Earths atmosphere is a blanket of gases that supports

and protects life

What you’ve learnedWhat your going to learn in 16.3

• Water vapor circulates from Earth to the atmosphere

• Warm air is less dense than cool air and rises

• How water in the atmosphere changes

• How clouds form• Characteristics and types

of clouds

How clouds form• It rains and there are water puddles all over the

ground. • As it starts to heat up the water evaporates and

turns into water vapor. • The vapor rises and as it rises it gets colder. • This causes water vapor to freeze or form tiny

water droplets. • As it all condenses they form clouds. • Once they get too heavy they simply fall as

precipitation.

Humidity and Relative Humidity

Humidity: the amount of water vapor in the air Saturation: a condition in which the amounts of

precipitation and condensation are equal The warmer the air is the more water vapor it takes to

saturate it Relative Humidity: compares the amount of water

vapor in the air with the maximum amount of water vapor that can be present at that temperature

Dew Point: temperature at which air will reach saturation

Different types of clouds

• Cirrus: appear feathery or whispy

• Cumulus: clouds that can grow to be very tall

• Stratus: clouds that form in flat layers

Word Parts tell more about clouds:

• With nimbo- or nimbus- it means it’s a type of cloud that produces precipitation

• With the prefix alto- it means clouds at a medium altitude

Cirrus Clouds

• Form in very cold air at high altitudes

• Made of ice crystals and have a wispy or feathery appearance

• Usually seen in good weather but they can sometimes mean a storm is coming

Cumulus Clouds Puffy white with dark

bases(look like cotton balls)

Usually occur during good weather when warm air rises an its water vapor condenses

If they get really tall they can produce showers

Cumulonimbus are the largest and cause thunderstorms(can be 11miles high)

Stratus Clouds

• Smooth gray clouds that form in layers

• Produce light precipitation

• The higher up they form, the thinner they are

Fog

• Fog is a cloud that rests on the ground or a body of water

• Forms when a surface is colder than the air above it

• Clears as ground is heated up