The past few days we have been investigating air masses. Air masses have the same characteristics (temperature & moisture content) as the surface they form above. These air masses move around the globe, eventually colliding into eachother forming a front. Check out the following site for more information
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/home.rxml
Our final activity of the day required students to report the weather based on a map. Test your knowledge @ http://fur.ly/6evg
Practice: None
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Yikes!
What a crazy week this was! I appologize for not having any updates during this week. Let's catch you up...
We have spent the previous four days learning about the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases (like carbon dioxide, methane, & water vapor) trap heat from escaping our atmosphere. As more greenhouse gases are put into our atmosphere from human society, more heat is being trapped and this causes an increase in temperature.
Students have spent time exploring an interactive that teaches them more about the sources of greenhouse gases and the signs (impact) that the greenhouse effect is occuring. Check it out here: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/globalwarming/interactive/interactive.html
Tomorrow we are having an assessment on these ideas.
We have spent the previous four days learning about the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases (like carbon dioxide, methane, & water vapor) trap heat from escaping our atmosphere. As more greenhouse gases are put into our atmosphere from human society, more heat is being trapped and this causes an increase in temperature.
Students have spent time exploring an interactive that teaches them more about the sources of greenhouse gases and the signs (impact) that the greenhouse effect is occuring. Check it out here: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/globalwarming/interactive/interactive.html
Tomorrow we are having an assessment on these ideas.
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