Date

Lesson

Inquiry

Class Work

Homework

 11/25

12/4

12/9

1.       Thinking About Catastrophic Events

1.1.         Group Concept Map

1.2.         1.2 Using a Globe and World Map

Group Map

World Map

Reading pg 6-7, 2 L bottles

Reading pg 8-11

 12/10

12/11

2.       Introducing Storms

2.1          Modeling a Vortex

Reading pg 18-25, Student Sheet 2.1

12/16

12/17

3.       Heating Earth’s Surface

3.1          Investigating Rates of Heating & Cooling

Student Sheet 3.1a

Student Sheet 3.1b

US Weather Maps

Reading & Questions pg 31-33

 1/20

1/21

4.       Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air

4.1          Investigating the Temperature of Air

4.2       Investigating How Warm Air and Cool Air Move

 SS 4.1

Lab notebook

What's the forecast?  Name 2 techniques used by Bob Ryan.

Read "Air Masses" pg 49

Reflection 1a-e pg 48

 1/22

5.       Convection Currents in the Air

5.1          Investigating the Effects of Colliding Air Masses

6.       Temperature, Pressure, & Cloud Formation

6.1          Observing Evaporation and Condensation

6.2          Modeling the Effects of Air Pressure on Cloud Formation

6.3          Reading Weather Maps

Observations Table 6.1,  Read Hurricane Formation p 72

Observations Table 6.2, Read p 76-77

Hurricane Video

Hurricane Mitch p 78-79

Student Sheet 6.2

Student Sheet 6.3

7        Ocean Currents and Global Climate

7.1          Investigating the Effects of Temperature on Ocean Currents

7.2          Investigating Surface Currents

SS 7.1a Investigating the Effect of Temperature on Ocean Currents

SS 7.1b Storms Review

Complete SS 7.1a, Read “El Nino Stirs Up the World’s Weather: p 92-95

Complete SS 1.7b

Study for Exam

8        Storms Assessment

8.1          Storms Exam