Oct 2018 ASSESSMENT NOTIFICATION |
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Snakes and Ladders Game based on the water cycle- Exemplar 1, Exemplar 2
Pre- Learning: What is our unit about? Word Search
Intro to Weather - ppt. Click Here Handout- What is the weather?
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Extension Sources Below:Interesting Maps Online for you to learn about
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Measuring Weather |
What are Latitude & Longitude? |
PPT for Measuring Weather
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Weather Vs Climate
What Weather Means
Weather is basically the way the atmosphere is behaving, mainly with respect to its effects upon life and human activities. The difference between weather and climate is that weather consists of the short-term (minutes to months) changes in the atmosphere. In most places, weather can change from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and season-to-season. Most people think of weather in terms of: -temperature, -humidity, -precipitation, -cloudiness, -brightness, -visibility, -wind, -atmospheric pressure [as in high and low pressure] Things That Make Up Our Weather
There are really a lot of components to weather. Weather includes sunshine, rain, cloud cover, winds, hail, snow, sleet, freezing rain, flooding, blizzards, ice storms, thunderstorms, steady rains from a cold front or warm front, excessive heat, heat waves and more. |
What Climate Means
In short, climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. Some scientists define climate as the average weather for a particular region and time period, usually taken over 30-years. It is the average of weather over time and space. When scientists talk about climate, they're looking at averages of precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine, wind velocity, phenomena such as fog, frost, and hail storms, and other measures of the weather that occur over a long period in a particular place. For example, after looking at rain gauge data, lake and reservoir levels, and satellite data, scientists can tell if during a summer, an area was drier than average. If it continues to be drier than normal over the course of many summers, than it would likely indicate a change in the climate. Why Study Climate?
The reason studying climate and a changing climate is important, is that will affect people around the world. Rising global temperatures are expected to raise sea levels, and change precipitation and other local climate conditions. Changing regional climate could alter forests, crop yields, and water supplies. It could also affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems. Deserts may expand into existing rangelands, and features of some of our National Parks and National Forests may be permanently altered. |
REMEMBER THESE POINTS:
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Weather Vs Climate - An easy way to remember the difference is that climate is what you expect, like a very hot summer, and weather is what you get, like a hot day with pop-up thunderstorms.
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On your maps...
Map Activity:
Use the maps below to colour in your weather/climate map accordingly and answer the following questions. Use complete sentences and give examples/explanations. Answer in your notes.
Use the maps below to colour in your weather/climate map accordingly and answer the following questions. Use complete sentences and give examples/explanations. Answer in your notes.
- Are there similarities for places that are cold/warm? Are there differences? What might account for this?
- Are there similarities for places that are wet/dry? Are there differences? What might account for this?
Water & the water cycle
RAINFALL - A VIDEO[Magic Schoolbus] |
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CLIMATE GRAPH ACTIVITY
World Winds
Climate Change in HK- Typhoon Mangkhut
CLOUDS
What are clouds? A HK Govt Resource [ Click Here]What types of CLOUDS are there? [Click Here]CloudKeyrevision BBC bitesizeCloudDiary Click here:_diary.docx |
Virtual Reality Video |
Cloud Worksheet
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Read the information on the Information sheet. carefully. Then close your laptops and fill in the worksheet your teacher hands you from your own understanding [no copying!]
AIR PRESSURE
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