Regents Earth Science- Overview of Class Agenda and Goals
Week 31-35
Week 31: 4/7-4/11
Monday
-Climate Lab
-Severe Weather
Tuesday
Layers of the Atmosphere
High Pressure and Low Pressure Systems
Wednesday
-Climate Lab
-Severe Weather
Thursday
-Energy Review
-DI: Temp, pressure and winds
Friday
-Surviving Disaster: Hurricane
-Finish material from the week
-RRB practice
Week 32: April 14-18
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Spring Break
Spring Break
Spring Break
Spring Break
PLOT data in regards to the
climate of 4 locations in the
United States
ANALYZE and FORM
CONCLUSIONS using the plotted
data
DEFINE the different types of
severe weather
STATE safety precautions that
can be taken to protect
life/property in each instance
COMPARE AND CONTRAST high
pressure and low pressure
IDENTIFY locations of high
pressure and cold pressure
PLOT data in regards to the
climate of 4 locations in the
United States
ANALYZE and FORM
CONCLUSIONS using the plotted
data
DEFINE the different types of
severe weather
STATE safety precautions that
can be taken to protect
life/property in each instance
DESCRIBE the affect of different
atmospheric conditions on each
other (temperature, pressure
and winds)
SUMMARIZE safety precautions
that can be taken during a
hurricane
Friday
Spring Break
Week 33: April 21-25
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Conference Day
Conference Day
-Go over Break HW
-Break HW Quiz
-Severe Weather Article Summary
***CLEAR 2 L Soda Bottles NEEDED for Lab Next
Monday!***
-Complete Cyclonic Weather Lab
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
severe weather articles
SUMMARIZE take aways from
group article summaries
PLOT hurricane data
FORM CONCLUSIONS based on
prior knowledge and patterns
Finish Wind Notes
Go over Weather Lab Discussion Questions
Week 34: April 28-May 2
Monday
-Concept Map: Factors Affecting Evaporation
-Notes: Moisture in the atmosphere
Tuesday
DI/Practice: Measuring Moisture in the
Atmosphere and in Our Classroom
Wednesday
DO NOW: DP and RH practice
Notes: How do clouds form and Precip Types
Create a Cloud Lab
Thursday
Notes and Practice: Atmospheric Transparency
and Air Masses
LIST the factors that affect the
rate of evaporation
DESCRIBE how moisture enters
our atmosphere and how it
affects the atmosphere
EXPLAIN how moisture is
measured in our atmosphere
CALCULATE relative humidity
and dewpoint give certain
variables
COLLECT DATA in the classroom
to determine the relative
humidity and dewpoint (go
outside??)
CALCULATE relative humidity
and dewpoint
FORM CONCLUSIONS based on
relative humidity and dewpoint
CREATE a cloud using the
necessary “ingredients”
STATE the factors that affect
atmospheric transparency
DEFINE atmospheric
transparency
LIST the types of air masses
Friday
Notes/Practice: Synoptic Weather Maps, High
Pressure, Low Pressure, Fronts
DIFFERENTIATE between air
mass types
IDENTIFY areas of different land
masses
DEFINE the four types of
weather fronts
COMPARE AND CONTRAST the
four types of fronts
IDENTIFY the location of fronts
based on temperature and wind
data
DIFFERENTIATE between high
pressure systems and low
pressure systems
IDENTIFY areas of high pressure
and low pressure on a map
Week 35: May 5- May 9
Monday
Weather Test!
-START ASTRONOMY!- KWL Activity-
Tuesday
Notes: Evidence of the Big Bang / Stars and
Luminosity
Worksheet: ESRT and the Solar System
Wednesday
Worksheet: Objects in Space
Notes: Planet and Planet Characteristics
Expanding Universe Lab
Thursday
Friday
RRB Practice
Brown Textbook page 369
Notes: Earth’s formation, dimensions and
movements
Visualizations and Movie
Activity Packet
RECALL previous knowledge
about astronomy
PROPOSE questions about
astronomy based on interest
DESCRIBE how the universe and
solar system was formed
DETERMINE the luminosity of
different stars
IDENTIFY characteristics of
different stars based on size
and temperature
ILLUSTRATE how the universe is
expanding at an increasing rate
DEFINE different objects in
space
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
objects in space
EXPLAIN how the Earth has
formed
EXPLAIN how the Earth moves
and the size of the Earth
ILLUSTRATE the movement,
formation and dimensions of
the Earth