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Practice-Station Models
Station Models
Global Winds
Ocean Acidification
Link 1 Ocean Webquest
Link 2 Ocean Webquest

Weather and Climate

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#1-What is wind?
#2-Climate Change Facts
#3-Why some people don't believe in climate change!
#4-Catastrophic Storms
#5--video.nationalgeographic.com/video/env-freshwater-whycare-Why care about water?
​#6-www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iht9WBBXepA-Groundwater
#7--Hurricane Irma
​#8--Can bird poop make clouds?
#9--Why does humidity make it feel hotter?
#10--How to build the universe!
#11-Whack Weather Phenomena
Coriolis Effect
#12-Why do clouds stay up?
#13-Why Mars died and Earth didn't?
​#14-25 Facts about the atmosphere
#15-Weather Balloons
​#16-Ocean
#17-Making Waves
#18-When is winter on other planets?
#19-Weather Folklore
#20-The Making of a Cloud
#21-Running in the Rain
#22-5 Creepy weather phenomena that shouldn't be allowed
#23-Anatomy of a Super Storm
#24-Putting Harvey in perspective
#25-There's no such thing as cold
Climate Types
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Climate Modeling 101

Cloud ID Game

Cloud Lab

Oceans Explorer
Currents/Ocean Information and Quiz

Weather Lab Predictor

Course Description 

This course introduces you to the basic concepts of Weather &Climate. It will explore the role of oceans in determining our weather and therefore the climate of the earth.It will also delve into the relationships between oceanic circulations. Meteorological concepts will be explored as well in relation to how various factors work to form our daily weather and long term climate and climate changes.

Concepts are taught with a variety of methods including lab work, lecture, activities, and demonstrations.

Course Outcomes
1. Explore the relationship between oceanic circulation and Earth's climate.
2. Investigate chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of the oceans.
3. Utilize raw data to predict weather and produce weather maps.
4. Discuss the water cycle and how it relates to weather.
5. Measure and evaluate the effects of pressure, temperature, humidity and atmospheric conditions on
weather.


EARTH SCIENCE CURRENT EVENTS-Throughout the course of the semester, there are always new and exciting events occurring in Science. As part of your homework, 4 current event reviews will be required to be completed.Newspaper/Magazine Review format
Write a three paragraph paper on an Earth Science-related article from a current magazine or newspaper. The article used must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs long. Each paragraph of your review should be 5- 7 sentences long. A bibliography must follow the paragraphs.
  • The first paragraph is a factual summary of the article. A minimum of one sentence for each paragraph in the article. Put the information from the article into your own words. Do not use terms or phrases that you do not understand, do not quote the article.
  • The second paragraph tells which branches of Earth Science the article is related to. You must explain how the article relates to each branch. Biology is far reaching in its branches. Some of them include geology, astronomy, meteorology, oceanograph, paleontology, and on and on.
  • The third paragraph is a response to the article. If the article covers a controversial topic, write your opinion and support it. If the article is informational, relate the article to what you already knew about the subject, new information you learned from the article, what you found interesting and why.
Bibliography will contain: Title of paper or magazine, date of the publication, title of the article, author, page number. If the paper or magazine was from an on-line source, you also need the url and date accessed.

​Current Event #1-Due Feb 5
Current Event #2-Due Mar 8
Current Event #3-Due April 4
​Current Event #4-Due May 2

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