Science Atmospheric Processes and the Water Cycle Updated June 23, 2009
Six Step
Vocabulary
/Target
Words
Complex
K
-season
-weather
-sun
-water
-air
-land
1
-thermometer
-wind sock
-rain gage
-rain
-snow
-wind
2
-climate
-dry
-polar
-tropical
-temperate
3
-freezing
-condensation
-precipitation
-evaporation
-air movement
4
-temperature
-cumulus
-cirrus
cumulonimbu
s
-warm and
cold fronts
-monsoons
-droughts
-jet stream
5
-water cycle
-atmosphere
-lakes
-ponds
-oceans
-rivers
-ground water
-aquifer
-glacier
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
atmospheric
processes and
the water
cycle, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information
such as:
-the basic
differences in
weather day to
day, season to
season (e.g.
explaining that
each season is
different-for
example, some
trees will lose
their leaves in
autumn to
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
atmospheric
processes and
the water
cycle, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information
such as:
-tools to
measure
weather
conditions (e.g.
thermometer,
wind sock, rain
gage)
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
atmospheric
processes and
the water
cycle, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information
such as:
-there are
different
climates
(e.g. tropical,
dry, polar,
temperature)
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
atmospheric
processes and
the water
cycle, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information
such as:
-the
characteristics
of air (e.g.
takes up space,
colorless,
odorless, exerts
a force)
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
atmospheric
processes
and the
water cycle,
the student
demonstrate
s an
understandi
ng of
important
information
such as:
-understands
that we can
use these
weather
patterns to
make
decisions
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
atmospheric
processes and
the water
cycle, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information
such as:
-how water and
air relate to
Earth’s process
-measurements
of weather
conditions can
be recorded
-different
places in the
world have
different
climates that
-the
characteristics
of various
forms of water
-local
weather
information
-how the water
cycle is
involved in
producing
weather
-how air
surrounds earth
6
-heat
-pressure
-humidity
-barometric
pressure
-water vapor
-troposphere
-stratosphere
-mesophere
-thermosphere
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
atmospheric
processes and
the water
cycle, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information
such as:
-the
composition of
earth’s
atmosphere
(i.e. nitrogen,
oxygen, water
vapor)
-strata of
earth’s
atmosphere
7
-oxygen
-carbon
dioxide
-archaebacteria
-plankton
8
-percolation
-dissolve
-reactant
-photosynthesis
-surface tension
-polar
molecules
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
atmospheric
processes and
the water
cycle, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information
such as:
-how living
organisms have
played many
roles in
changes of
earth’s systems
through time
(atmospheric,
composition,
etc.)
While engaged
in tasks that
address
atmospheric
processes and
the water
cycle, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information
such as:
-water’s ability
to remain liquid
at most earth
temperatures
-how changes
-the properties
of water as they
relate to the
water cycle
-the dissolving
of minerals and
gases and
Science Atmospheric Processes and the Water Cycle Updated June 23, 2009
prepare for the
freezing
temperatures
of winter)
-the sun warms
the land and
water and they
warm the air
Simple
(Recall
and
Recognize)
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-season
-weather
-sun
-water
-air
-land
from day to
day and longterm
may or may
not include
seasons
-the
characteristics
of seasons
(types of
weather) (e.g.
explaining
general
information
known about
seasons - for
example leaves
change colors
during autumn)
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-thermometer
-wind sock
-rain gage
-rain
-snow
-wind
in air (e.g.
clouds, fog,
rain, snow,
hail)
-water changes
from one form
to another
through
various
processes (e.g.
freezing,
evaporation,
melting,
condensation)
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-climate
-dry
-polar
-tropical
-temperate
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-freezing
-condensation
-precipitation
-evaporation
-air movement
to describe
patterns of
change over a
period of
time (e.g.
temperature,
precipitation,
cloud types
and
formation,
wind
speed/directi
on)
Recognizing
and
recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-temperature
-cumulus
-cirrus
cumulonimbu
s
-warm and
cold fronts
-monsoons
-droughts
-jet stream
and as it moves
temperature
fluctuations
and other
factors produce
wind currents
-how most of
earth’s surface
is covered by
water (e.g.
oceans,
freshwater
sources)
-how the
earth’s motion
around the sun
and tilt of the
earth’s axis of
rotation causes
seasons
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-water cycle
-atmosphere
-lakes
-ponds
-oceans
-rivers
-ground water
-aquifer
-glacier
-differences
between the
atmosphere of
earth and those
of other planets
-understand
factors that
create and
influence
weather
in the
atmospheric
composition
may decrease
the capacity of
the
environment to
support some
life forms
transport to the
oceans
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-oxygen
-carbon
dioxide
-archaebacteria
-plankton
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-percolation
-dissolve
-reactant
-photosynthesis
-surface tension
-polar
molecules
-water as a
reactant to
photosynthesis
-understand
how to use
weather maps
and data to
predict weather
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-heat
-pressure
-humidity
-barometric
pressure
-water vapor
-troposphere
-stratosphere
-mesophere
-thermosphere
Science Atmospheric Processes and the Water Cycle Updated June 23, 2009
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-there are four
seasons on
earth
-the sun is very
important to
earth
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-each season is
different
-changes occur
in the sky as
day changes
into night
-the sun is a
star
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-air is a
substance that
surrounds us
and takes up
space
-rain and
drizzle are
types of
precipitation
Recognizing
and
recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-weather
patterns
move east to
west in the
United States
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-sources of
water
-air is
substance,
wind is moving
air
-the processes
in the water
cycle
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-heat, air
movement,
pressure,
humidity,
oceans
-how weather
patterns are
related to
atmospheric
pressure
-global patterns
of atmospheric
movement (e.g.
El Nino, trade
winds,
easterlies and
westerlies)
-factors that
affect earth’s
climate (e.g.
volcanic
eruptions,
impacts of
asteroids,
glaciers)
-
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-water
moderates
temperature
-plants use
CO2 and
produce O2
and food
during
photosynthesis
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated details
such as:
-how color and
temperature are
related in stars