Transcript Weather Changes

Weather
Changes
by Natalie White
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Essential and Unit Questions:
UNIT:
What are the four seasons?
ESSENTIAL:
How are storms formed?
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Understanding the 4 Seasons:
Spring: cool, breezy, rainy
Summer: hot, bright
Fall: cool, windy
Winter: cold, dim
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4 types of Storms:
Tornadoes
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violent rotating columns of air typically in the
formation of a funnel. Its bottom, narrow end
touches the earth and always followed by a cloud of
debris, due to the magnitude of the wind it causes.
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Tornadoes…
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Tornadoes usually occur during the spring season. This
storm is seen mostly throughout the United States than
any other country. Below is the specific region in the
U.S. in which they usually occur.
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4 types of Storms:
Thunderstorms
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Also called an electrical storm or lightning storm.
This form of weather is characterized by the
presence of lightning and followed by thunder.
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4 types of Storms:
Earthquakes
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Result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s
crust that creates seismic waves. Shaking of the
earth and displacement of the ground is evident in
an earthquake.
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4 types of Storms:
Hail
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storms
Involves precipitation in the form of balls of ice.
Hail is a type of snow and usually consists of water
ice. These balls of ice form and fall from the sky.
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Activities/Strategies
4 Weather Storms
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tornadoes, thunderstorms, earthquakes, hail storms
Individual activity: each student is assigned one storm and should be
prepared to give a brief presentation of the storm.
Classroom activity: Get into groups with students with the same assigned
storm and discuss it thoroughly. A display diagram will then be created
by the entire group, showing the cycle of the specific storm and how it
came about.
*The students will be educated on types of storms and what seasons they generally occur,
and they will understand in depth the formation and cause of the storms*
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TEKS
§112.22. Science, Grade 6
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(7) Science concepts. The student knows that substances have
physical and chemical properties. The student is expected to:
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a.) demonstrate that new substances can be made when two or more
substances are chemically combined and compare the properties of the new
substances to the original substances; and
b.) classify substances by their physical and chemical properties.
(8) Science concepts. The student knows that complex interactions
occur between matter and energy. The student is expected to:
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a.) define matter and energy;
b.) explain and illustrate the interactions between matter and energy in the
water cycle and in the decay of biomass such as in a compost bin; and
c.) describe energy flow in living systems including food chains and food
webs.
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References:
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http://www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm