Science+Unit+3+Weather

Goal 3: Weather and Climate North Carolina 5th Grade Science Weather Current Weather for Elizabeth City, http://www.ecncweather.com/ http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=KECG
 * Harbor of Hospitality weather station
 * Weather station (KECG)

**vocabulary dominoes** Water Cycle  Clouds Weather Instruments

Climate Climate webquest http://www.lauracandler.com/DCZ/index.htm Create climate precipitation and temperature chart to graph. Weather/Climate quiz game http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/k4/weather/Wonline1.html Climate Hotlist for research

Hurricane Tracker. Choose a name from the list of retired hurricanes. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/names-retired.htm

Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking by Year. http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/
 * Choose the year of your storm, All storms for that year listed and charted.
 * (look at the data for that year. The strongest storms have the strongest wind, but the lowest pressure)
 * Scroll down to individual storm details.
 * select your storm to record it's track and find data to create your hurricane track using longitude and latitude map.

Re-Analysis Project by year. (scientific reporting) http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/DataByYearandStorm.htm
 * choose the year of your storm
 * select tropical storm report
 * read to find interesting facts about your storm
 * WARNING... reading level is high and you may need a parent to help you.

**Storm Surge Overview** http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ssurge/ssurge_overview.shtml http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare/ **Hurricane Hunters** http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/scitech/noaa-hurricane-hunters-irene-082711 http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/
 * Hurricane Preparedness**
 * Video of Hurricane Irene
 * More about Hurricane Hunters

Weather movies we can use to learn about clouds and weather
media type="file" key="cloud types 241.mov" width="300" height="300" Cloud Types 2 min. 41 sec. Video clip

media type="file" key="the atmosphere and the sun215.mov" width="300" height="300" The Atmosphere and the sun 2min 15 sec. Video clip

Explore on your own:
1. Children explore the mathematical model of weather systems by experimenting with polar and tropical temperatures and humidity levels. http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science%20Lab Weather in the Science Lab - Select Weather in the list of labs. The illustration shows a water cycle. Click on The Weather Maker near the top of the weather window. Set temperature of two air masses and the relative humidity. Then see what weather develops. Click on the book in the bottom left corner to read about weather.

2. Weather instruments and clouds matching game http://www.quia.com/mc/320232.html

3. How to be a Storm Spotter website http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/weather1.htm

4. A weather webquest with more fun activities to complete http://cloudywebquest.wikispaces.com/

Video clips downloaded from Clouds & What They Mean. CLEARVUE & SVE (1999). Retrieved October 26, 2008, from PowerMediaPlus.com Science Is Elementary: What in the World? The Earth Explained: Weather & Climate. CLEARVUE & SVE (1999). Retrieved October 26, 2008, from PowerMediaPlus.com