Weather Fronts and Air Masses

• Earth Science
• 10th,11th Grade

INDIVIDUALLY

What is wind and how does it occur?
¿Qué es el viento y cómo se produce?

How do clouds form?
¿Cómo se forman las nubes?

With a partner discuss what you wrote

Together, you will guys will submit a response to the following questions 

What do you know about precipitation?
What causes rain? What causes it to snow?
¿Qué sabes de la precipitación?
¿Qué causa la lluvia? ¿Qué hace que nieve?

What do you remember about how hurricanes start in western africa? 

What do you remember about how hurricanes start in western Africa?

With your lab groups…

1. You will have 6 minutes with your lab group to observe several different maps of weather variables. 
2. Your job is to observe the maps and identify patterns between them. Su trabajo es observar los mapas e identificar patrones entre ellos.
3. You should be saying things like “I notice that...” (EXAMPLE: what do you observe happening where there is high pressure?" 
4. One person in your group should be writing down what you're observing on a whiteboard
5. In the last minute (minute 5) you will will type the patterns that you observed 

What patterns did you observe?

What patterns do you notice in the temperatures and moisture content of the air masses on the map? ¿Qué patrones observas en las temperaturas y el contenido de humedad de las masas de aire que se muestran en el mapa?

Demonstration

What did you observe?

What explanations are there for what you observed?

We will monitor the water as class continues

turn to the back page of your worksheet, where it says "watch it!" We will do this together.

00:33

#2 Describe what a front is

00:58

#3 describe what an air mass is

01:42

#4 Explain how a cold front is formed