SES5
Grade: 9,10,11,12
Description: SES5 Students will investigate the interaction of insulation and Earth
systems to produce weather and climate.
Elements:
a. Explain how latitudinal variations in solar heating create atmospheric and ocean
currents that redistribute heat globally.
Learning About the Atmosphere and Ozone
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/dynamic/session5/sess5_ozone.htm
b. Explain the relationship between air masses and the surfaces over which they form.
Air Masses: Scaffolding Activity
Become familiar with the air masses that commonly influence weather in the
United States. Learn the characteristics of these air masses and how to identify
them on weather maps.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/arms.rxml
Air Masses and Fronts
This site discusses the formation of air masses that affect the weather. The
section of fronts describes warm fronts, cold fronts, occluded and stationary
fronts, and dry lines.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/home.rxml
Air Masses and Fronts
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/home.rxml
c. Relate weather patterns to interactions among ocean currents, air masses, and
topography.
Dr. Pam Gore – Basic Introduction to Weather
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/Earth&Space/GPS/weather.html
8http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Meteorolo
gy_Guide.html
d. Describe how temperature and precipitation produce the pattern of climate regions
(classes) on Earth.
Storm Warnings
A new device onboard two NASA satellites could improve 3 to 12-hour forecasts
of severe weather storm warnings.
http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/ARTICLES/storm-warnings.asp
: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9
NASA: Investigating the Climate System - Explore Earth temperatures and what
affects them in this module for 9-12.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/ICS_Ener
gy.html
NASA - The CERES S'COOL Project
http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/index.php
Students' Cloud Observations Online is a project that involves school children in real
science. Students provide ground truth measurements and learn about clouds and
climate. The project is recommended for upper elementary through high school.
e. Describe the hazards associated with extreme weather events and climate change
(e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, El Niño/La Niña, global warming).
NASA "Lifecycle of a Hurricane" Video
09.09.08 - Most tropical hurricanes begin in Africa, but an El Nino can stop the
storms before they become full-blown.
Global Warming: http://www.esa.org/education/edupdfs/globalclimatechange.pdf
The Greenhouse Effect Activity
http://www.planetguide.net/cool/greenhouse_activity.html
Global Warming Tutorial:
http://chemistryland.com/CHM107/GlobalWarming/GlobalWarming.html
Climate Change
http://www.ecn.ac.uk/Education/climate_change.htm
Shrinking Artic Sea
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071214-warming-arctic.html
Global Warming information
http://weathereye.kgan.com/expert/warming/index.html
Tornados
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/tornado/formation.html
Thunderstorms
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/tstorm/tstorm_formation.html
Tornado Chaser
http://www.tornadochaser.net/tornado.html
tornados Visualizations and Animations
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/health/visualizations/tornados.html
Aligned Resources - GA Approved (6)
Ask a Geologist
Cloud in the Bottle
Global Climate Change
The Physical Environment
The Researcher's Description
Why Tides?