Assessment 3-3
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Assessment 3-3
Assessment 3-3
How Can I Observe and Explain The Weather?
Weather and Climate Choices
Here is your chance to show how well you understand this unit:
Here is your chance to show how well you understand this unit:
Imagine that you are part of community weather-watch group. The goal of your group is to observe, measure, and explain the weather. How do humans and the weather affect each other?"How can I observe and explain the weather?"
- Your task is to complete the choice board in Assessment 3-3. Choose and complete three items in one row. For example, Row 1, Row 2, or Row 3.
Assessment 3-3
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Observe and ExplainExplain how the water cycle works. Your explanation should include a diagram or a picture of a model.To make a model for example, you may use a wide mouthed container, a tin foil pan, a glass of hot water, and ice cubes. • pour the hot water into the wide-mouthed container • place the tin foil pan over the mouth of the container • add the ice cubes to the pan • observe what happens |
Apply and ExplainHow are weather systems generated on earth? What principles affect weather systems such as air pressure, temperature, sea level, wind, and humidity. Explain. |
Experiment and DesignCold wind can steal body heat quickly.The amount of wind resistance fabrics have can vary greatly, from blocking a stiff gust to hardly stopping a light breeze. Design an experiment to test the wind resistance of a piece of fabric. Be sure to include some background information on wind resistance, a hypothesis, materials, procedures, and possible observations and a conclusion. |
Observe and RecordObserve the cloud formations out of doors over several days. Draw the cloud formations you see. Keep a record of what the weather was like for that day.Identify the cloud types that most resemble your drawings (cirrus, stratus, cumulus). |
Apply and ExplainDescribe the effects of the Sun’s energy on daily (24 hours) and seasonal (12 months of the year) changes in temperature. |
Observe and MeasureMonitor your local weather over a 5 day period using the instruments you have at home (rain gauge, barometer, weather vane etc.). Keep a record of your results and compare your results with weather forecasts from a meteorological source such as radio, telephone, television or newspaper.Evaluate. How accurate were the weather forecasts? How accurate were your observations? What might account for differences? |
Observe and PredictObserve and predict where you are likely to find the warmest and coolest temperatures in the following locations and explain why:• on the shore beside an ocean • in a cabin • in an oasis on the edge of a desert |
Apply and CreateCreate a cartoon strip that shows what happens when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass. |
Design and MeasureYou have been hired to construct a non-electrical device for measuring some aspect of the weather. The device is needed to determine weather conditions in the case of a power failure. (thermometer, barometer, rain gauge, weather vane) etc.Your instrument must • measure an aspect of the weather for which it was designed • have a measurement system • be reliable (give the same result in different trials) • use recycled materials • look nice |