Weather

We have been discussing weather and how it works. We began with the water cycle to explain clouds and precipitation. We then delved deeper discussing fronts, air masses, humidity, air pressure, temperature, and wind.

There are several power points on Google Classroom that we discussed in class. Students should also have notes in their binders.

Study these items for the test:

• air mass
• meteorologist
• fronts: warm, cold, stationary
• humidity, relative humidity
• high/low pressure systems
• isobars, isotherms
• hurricane, tornado, blizzard, cyclone, typhoon
• wind shear
• precipitation: hail, snow, sleet
• fog
• condensation nuclei
• be able to read a station model (see picture below)

Pre-AP only: in addition to above you must also know kinds of clouds, dew point, watch/warning, water cycle, how to read a weather map (symbols for fronts).

Water Cycle and Clouds

This week we are studying the water cycle and cloud formations.



The powerpoints we did in class are on Google Classroom. Students should also have a paper copy of these presentations. They have many paper resources on clouds that I've given. One looks like this:



There will not be a big quiz or test on this, but rather little graded assignments along the way.

Next up is weather and weather instruments. They will be doing a project where they have to make wether instrument and record data. More info to come!