Weather Watch

Essential Question

How do humans and climate affect each other?

Targets

At the end of this Unit you should be able to answer the following questions 

1. What are the elements of weather?

1.1 Why do temperature differences cause air movement?

1.2 What causes rain, hail, sleet, and snow?

1.3 How can weather be measured?

1.4 What weather clues do the clouds and the Sun give us?

1.5 How can we predict and prepare ourselves for bad weather?

2. How do human actions affect climate?

2.1 How does climate vary throughout the world?

2.2 What events and actions are linked to climate change?

Notebook

Throughout this unit, you will keep a Notebook. The PDF downloads are the pages of your Notebook.

• Create a folder on your computer or in the cloud titled “Weather Notebook”.
• Save all of the PDF downloads to this folder.

Whenever you see this icon you will be directed to use the Weather Notebook folder you created.