Date
Instructional
Focus/Bell
ringer
Monday
10/26
Last Chance
Barometer
Tuesday
10/27
Explain Fairchild #3
Explain
Extra Credit:
Anemometer 11/02
Wednesday
10/28
Thursday
10/29
Formative Assessment 9:
“Science in the News”
Monthly Current Event
DUE
What are Clouds
Made Of?
Chapter 6 Lesson 1
R/A #1-3
Friday
10/30
Teacher
Planning Day
Formative Assessment 10
Wet Jeans!
Review Quiz
Activities
Down the Drain!
Home
Learning
REVIEW NEW
VOCABULARY
Tombstone 10/27
Tombstone of a
Scientist
Presentations
“Science in the News”
Monthly Current Event
DUE 10/29
PowerPoint:
Clouds
Activity: How Do
Clouds Form?
Chapter 6 Lesson 1
R/A #1-3
Extra Credit:
Anemometer
PowerPoint:
Precipitation
Activity: Types of

Precipitation
Chapter 6 Lesson 2
R/A #4-6
Extra Credit:
Anemometer
Extra Credit:
Anemometer
Fairchild #3
Assessment
Participation
Presentation of
Scientist Tombstone
Participation and
completion of activity
Participation and
completion of activity
No School
Date
Monday
11/02
Tuesday
11/03
Wednesday
11/04
Thursday
11/05
Friday
11/06
Instructional
Focus/Bell
ringer
Explain Extra Credit:
Activities
Computer Day
Gizmos #1
Extra Credit:
Rain Gage
Activity:
For Spacious
Skies: Cloud
Chart!
Extra Credit:
Rain Gage
Assessment
Completion of Gizmo
Completion of Gizmo
Date
Monday
11/09
Last Chance
Rain Gage
Tuesday
11/10
Activities
Assessment
PowerPoint:
PowerPoint:
PowerPoint:
Air Masses
Storms
Predicting the
Weather
Activity:
Activity:
Tracking Air
Masses
Chapter 6 Lesson 3
R/A # 7-11
Weather Fronts
Extra Credit:
Rain Gage
Participation and
completion of activity
Extra Credit:
Rain Gage
Participation and
completion of activity
Chapter 6 Lesson 5
R/A #14-18
Fairchild #3
Extra Credit:
Rain Gage
Participation and
completion of activity
Wednesday
11/11
Thursday
11/12
Friday
11/13
2nd chance Ch. 6
Last chance Ch 6 &
Fairchild #3 DUE!
Essential Lab:
Vocabulary Quiz
Remove Chapter 7
1st chance Ch. 6
Chapter 6 Lesson 4
R/A #12-14
NO SCHOOL
Explain Tornado Lab
Essential Lab:
Activity:
Fairchild #3
Heating
Earth’s
Surface

Complete Chapter 6
Study for
Vocabulary Quiz,
Study for
Vocabulary Quiz
Bring Water Bottle
Bring Water Bottle
Bring Water Bottle
Fairchild #3 11/16
Fairchild #3 11/16
Fairchild #3 11/16
Fairchild #3 11/16
“Science in the News”
Monthly Current Event
DUE 11/24
Participation and
completion of
activities
Completion of
Essential Lab
No School
Completion of
Essential Lab
Achieve C or higher
on quiz!
Reading A
Weather Map &
Map Challenge
Home
Learning
Chapter 6 Lesson 4
R/A #12-14
Gizmo: #1
Water Cycle DUE!
Fairchild #3
Instructional
Focus/Bell
ringer
Chapter 6 Lesson 3
R/A #7-11
Last Chance
Anemometer
WATER CYCLE
Home
Learning
Chapter 6 Lesson 2
R/A #4-6
Rain Gage 11/09
FBR 1-6
TORNADO
movements
Study for
Vocabulary Quiz
Explore Chapter 7
Fairchild #3 11/16
Lesson Plans: Terri Ortiz
TOPIC: Weather Patterns
NEXT GENERATION SUNSHINE STATE STANDARD(S)
Big Idea 7: Earth Systems and Patterns
SC.6.E.7.2 Investigate and apply how the cycling of water between the atmosphere and hydrosphere has an effect on weather patterns and climate
SC.6.E.7.3 Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and ocean currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, air
pressure, wind direction and speed, and humidity and precipitation
SC.6.E.7.6 Differentiate between weather and climate
SC.912.E.7.6 Relate the formation of severe weather to the various physical factors
Big Idea 5: Earth in Space and Time
SC.8.E.5.9 Explain the impact of objects in space on each other including: 1. the Sun on the Earth including seasons and gravitational attraction 2. the Moon
on the Earth, including phases, tides, and eclipses, and the relative position of each body.
Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
SC.6.N.1.1 Define a problem from the sixth grade curriculum, use appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan and carry out
scientific investigation of various types, such as systemic observations or experiments, identify variables, collect and organize data, interpret data in charts,
tables, and graphics, analyze information, make predictions, and defend conclusions.
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Core Text Book: Pearson Interactive Science Florida Ch. 6
Design an experiment which models the interaction of the hydrosphere and atmosphere in the formation of clouds.
Students will evaluate a scientific investigation using evidence of scientific thinking and/or problem solving
Differentiate between how each type of precipitation forms.
Connect weather conditions and the area where an air mass forms to the type of air mass (continental, maritime, polar and tropical).
Create a presentation which explains how the collision of air masses produces cold fronts, warm fronts, occluded fronts and stationary fronts.
Differentiate between types of fronts.
Investigate how a hurricane is formed and the dynamics that can cause it to strengthen and/or weaken.
Identify and explain the atmospheric conditions which must exist in order for a thunderstorm and a tornado to form.
Investigate the factors that affect weather
Describe and explain the interactions of water between the different spheres of the earth (water cycle).
Record and graph temperature and precipitation over a period of time
Define a problem about a factor of weather and design an experiment to test a hypothesis
Infer the possible weather from given data and conditions
VOCABULARY Condensation, Dew Point, Precipitation, Rain Gauge, Air Mass, Front, Jet Stream, Hurricane, Lightning, Tornado, Thunderstorm,
Storm Surge, Meteorologist
ESSENTIAL CONTENT
A.
Weather
1. Cloud Formation
2. Types of Precipitation
B.
Air Mass/Fronts
1. Major Air Masses
2. Fronts
C.
Atmospheric Conditions
1. Hurricanes
2. Tornadoes
3. Thunderstorms
D.
Predicting the Weather
1. Tracking Weather
2. Weather Maps