Compentency: S6E4. Students will understand how the distribution of land and oceans affects climate and weather.
Students will complete most of the assignments in the chart below, choosing the assignments they need in order to show competency. They will need to complete the data table, graph, one of the breeze videos, either the Global Winds and Jet Streams video or read the article on global winds, then choose how to present their product.
a. Demonstrate that land and water absorb and lose heat at different rates and explain the resulting effects on weather patterns.
b. Relate unequal heating of land and water surfaces to form large global wind systems and weather events such as tornados and thunderstorms.
Students will complete most of the assignments in the chart below, choosing the assignments they need in order to show competency. They will need to complete the data table, graph, one of the breeze videos, either the Global Winds and Jet Streams video or read the article on global winds, then choose how to present their product.
Learning Objectives Assignment Competency Indicator
| a. Demonstrate that land and water absorb and lose heat at different rates and explain the resulting effects on weather patterns. |
Heating Earth's Surfaces-lab activity
*data table
*graph
*2 videos, land breezes, sea breezes
*1 video Global Winds and Jet Streams
*read article Global Wind Belts
*post in discussion forum
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Explain in the discussion forum how unequal heating of Earth's surfaces and local winds are related.
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b. Relate unequal heating of land and water surfaces to form large global wind systems and weather events such as tornados and thunderstorms.
| Choose how to show knowledge: *choice of essay, infographic, or digital story | Explain weather patterns, global winds, tornados and thunderstorms resulting from different rates of heating earth's surfaces. |
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