Student Pages - Lesson 2 - The Weather
1. When you have completed your experiments, use the internet to find additional information about clouds.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouds
- http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/tutorial/clouds/cloudtypes.html
- http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml
- Use Google or Yahoo! to find other web sites on clouds.
2. Certain weather patterns are characterized by specific cloud types. Observe and record clouds and keep daily records of the temperature and amount of precipitation to be able to recognize certain weather patterns.
Conduct a study with your group to answer the question "What types of weather are associated with specific cloud cover?"
3. Choose five or more different regions in the United States or world. Choose a city from each of the regions you selected. Record the temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover for a period of three days. Make your observations between 11:00 in the morning and 1:00 in the afternoon.
Use the following headings for your data:
Temperature , Precipitation , Cloud Cover, Weather Pattern Indicated
- http://weather.unisys.com/surface/meteogram/index.html
- http://weather.unisys.com/surface/meteogram/details.html
- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/synoptic/wxmaps.htm Review of symbols and their meanings.
4. Write a report summarizing your conclusions, based on the data you collected, that answers the question, "What types of weather are associated with specific cloud cover?"
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