PERFORMANCE CRITERIA	POINTS POSSIBLE	POINTS EARNED
Scientific content is accurate.	20
The booklet is creative and interesting.  Text is done in ink or on a computer (no pencil, unless it is used to color in a drawing).	5
The writing in the booklet is objective, clear, concise, and precise.	5
The booklet has all of the following presentation elements:  words and visuals are easy to see, titles and headings are easy to distinguish, and colors and patterns in the booklet are pleasing.	10
Diagrams, pictures, and other graphics are of high quality, not just sketched.	10
All six major topics are included.	10
All subtopics are included.	10
Explanations and descriptions are included for all topics and terms.	10
There are no errors in spelling or grammar.	5
There are at least five different types of fold notes in the booklet.  (See textbook pages 814-816).	5
The booklet is neat, legible, and presentable.	10
TOTAL POINTS	100

 

Review the terms listed below related to meteorology or weather.  First, identify the six major topics.  Those are the topics to be discussed in your interactive booklet on meteorology.  Then place the remaining terms under the correct major topic. 

Your booklet should incorporate all the terms in the list along with the definition, description, or explanation of each term.

Your completed booklet is to be turned in no later than January  20, 2010.

RADAR                        

COLD FRONT                          

THUNDERSTORM                    

WARM FRONT

WEATHER MAP           

BAROMETER                           

TYPES OF CLOUDS                

HAIL

STORM SYSTEMS       

HIGH PRESSURE                   

LOW PRESSURE                     

WIND VANE

TYPES OF PRECIPITATION                                           

MESOSPHERE                        

CIRRUS

CUMULONIMBUS         

SNOW                                     

SLEET                                     

TORNADO

WEATHER INSTRUMENTS                                           

STRATOSPHERE                      

HURRICANE

MONSOON                   

ISOBAR                                   

HYGROMETER                         

CUMULUS

RAIN                            

ANEMOMETER                        

STRATUS                                

DEW

LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE                                   

IONOSPHERE                           

TYPHOON

TROPOSPHERE          

THERMOMETER                      

THERMOSPHERE                     

TROPOPAUSE             

STRATOPAUSE                       

COLD FRONT                            

WARM FRONT

STATION MODEL         

EXOSPHERE                           

OCCLUDED FRONT                  

RADIOSONDE

PSYCHROMETER        

RELATIVE HUMIDITY              

RAIN GAUGE                            

STRATUS