The document outlines learning objectives for students to understand key concepts relating to air pressure, weather systems, and interactions between the hydrosphere and atmosphere. Students will learn to define air pressure, identify factors affecting it, explain weather associated with different air pressure levels, describe weather conditions brought by different air mass types, and analyze how location affects storm formation through pressure, topography, heat and large bodies of water.
The document outlines learning objectives for students to understand key concepts relating to air pressure, weather systems, and interactions between the hydrosphere and atmosphere. Students will learn to define air pressure, identify factors affecting it, explain weather associated with different air pressure levels, describe weather conditions brought by different air mass types, and analyze how location affects storm formation through pressure, topography, heat and large bodies of water.
The document outlines learning objectives for students to understand key concepts relating to air pressure, weather systems, and interactions between the hydrosphere and atmosphere. Students will learn to define air pressure, identify factors affecting it, explain weather associated with different air pressure levels, describe weather conditions brought by different air mass types, and analyze how location affects storm formation through pressure, topography, heat and large bodies of water.
define air pressure and identify the three factors that affect air pressure (temperature, water vapor, elevation)
Given the two types
of air pressure (low/high), student will explain the types of weather associated with each.
Given all four of
the types of air mass, students will explain the weather conditions that bring to a given location.
Given a citys location,
students will describe how air pressure, topography, heat energy, and large bodies of water affect the formation of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
MSDE Content Standard 3.0
Life Science: Upon request, students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the chemical and physical interactions (i.e. natural forces and cycles, transfer of energy) of the environment, Earth, and the universe that occur over time.
Interactions of Hydrosphere and Atmosphere: Upon request, students will identify and describe the atmospheric and hydrosphere conditions related to weather systems with 90% accuracy.