Transcript Warm Up – Can You Make a Tornado

Warm Up – Predicting the
Weather
Materials: Weather Report
Observe the weather report on the next
slide. Note the temperature,
precipitation, and wind speed.
Think about and record the weather
this week. Does the weather report
match what you observe? What is the
same? What is different?
Big Idea
Which weather factors
produce changes in the
weather?
Predicting the Weather
Chapter 8, Section 5
Standards
S.6.4.e Students know
differences in pressure, heat,
air movement, and humidity
result in changes in weather.
Key Questions
What kinds of questions can you ask
based on this picture?
Key Questions
What kinds of questions can you ask
based on this picture?
Key Questions
What kinds of questions can you ask
based on this picture?
Key Questions
SWBAT explain how weather
forecasters predict the
weather.
SWBAT explain what can be
learned from the information
on weather maps.
Meteorologist
Scientists who study the causes of
weather and try to predict it.
Isobar
Lines joining places on the map that have
the same air pressure (“Iso” means
“equal” and “bar” means “pressure”).
Isotherm
Lines joining places that have the same
temperature.
Weather Forecasting
Cloud observation
Weather Forecasting
Cloud observation
Interpreting Complex Data
Meteorologists use maps, charts, and
computers to analyze weather data and
to prepare weather forecasts.
Reading Weather Maps
Examples of weather map symbols
Reading Weather Maps
What do you understand by looking at this
map?
Key Questions
How do weather forecasters
predict the weather?
Key Questions
How do weather forecasters
predict the weather?
 Meteorologists use maps, charts, and
computers to analyze weather data
and to prepare weather forecasts.
Key Questions
How do weather forecasters
predict the weather?
 Meteorologists use maps, charts, and
computers to analyze weather data
and to prepare weather forecasts.
What can be learned from the
information on weather maps?
Key Questions
How do weather forecasters
predict the weather?
 Meteorologists use maps, charts, and
computers to analyze weather data
and to prepare weather forecasts.
What can be learned from the
information on weather maps?
 Standard symbols on weather maps
show fronts, areas of high and low
pressure, types of precipitation, and
temperatures.
Homework
Workbook Chapter 8,
Section 5 pg 170 - 173