Adopt a City - Weather Unit
Adopt a City - Weather Unit
updated Dec. 2005
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• List of cities to adopt: Cities (pdf)
• Bayboro, NC. Weather Log (pdf)
• Adopted City Weather Log (pdf)
• Sunrise, Sunset, Day Length, and Moon Rise Data (pdf)
|Task 1 - Finding your city |
|Record today's weather, using our weather station, in your "Bayboro, NC Weather Log" handout. |
|What city did you get? Circle the name of your city on your handout and write it on your USA map. |
|Find and color your state on your blank map of the US : Blank USA map |
|Look at a map of your state, can you find your city? USA Atlas |
|Plot your city on the Blank USA map |
|Task 2 - Start Recording your city's weather: |
|Record today's weather, using our weather station, in your "Bayboro, NC” Weather Log" handout. |
|What is your city's zip code? US Zip Codes |
|Using the zip code and weather website, find the current weather conditions and record in your "Adopted City Weather Log " |
|handout: Weather website |
|What is the latitude and longitude of your city? (You can find this on the weather website in the top right corner, after you put|
|in your zip code) |
|What time zone is your city in? Time Zone website |
|Watch this BrainPOP movie on weather (advanced) |
|Task 3 - Start Recording your city's astronomy data: |
|Record today's weather, using our weather station, in your "Bayboro, NC Weather Log" handout. |
|Using the zip code and weather website, find the current weather conditions and record in your "Adopted City Weather Log " |
|handout: Weather website |
|On the Weather website, scroll down to "Astronomy Data" and record the Sunrise, Sunset, Day Length, and Moon Rise Data for |
|Bayboro, NC and your adopted city. |
|Task 4 - State Facts |
|From this point forward, record today's weather for Bayboro, NC and your adopted city, as well as the Astronomy data for both |
|Bayboro, NC and your adopted city. |
|Using these web sites - Enchanted Learning and 50 States, find the following: |
|What is your state's motto? North Carolina’s motto is: "To be, rather than to seem" |
|What is the capital of your state? |
|What is the largest city in your state? |
|Admission to statehood -When did your state become an official state of the union? (Month, day and year) |
|Out of the 50 states, your state was number _________ . |
|State Flag: |
|What is the background color of your flag? |
|What other colors are found on your flag? |
|Are there any words on your flag? What does it say? |
|List the symbols on your flag and describe what they represent. |
|Task 5 - Isotherms |
|From this point forward, record today's weather for Bayboro, NC and your adopted city, as well as the Astronomy data for both |
|Bayboro, NC and your adopted city. |
|What is an isotherm? An isotherm is a line connecting locations with equal temperature. Isotherm maps show where temperatures |
|are relatively high and low, and also where temperature changes are gradual or dramatic over a distance. (Source) |
|What do they look like? Isotherms for current weather: go to this web site then click on Surface Temperatures |
|Interactive Tutorial for drawing Isotherms: |
|1. Go to this website and then click on the first link in the first paragraph. |
|2. A new window will open. |
|3. Where it says: "Draw the following contour: ____ deg." Click on the box and choose 50. Watch as the pencil draws a line |
|with temperatures less than 50 degrees on one side, and temperatures greater than 50 on the other side. |
|4. Click on the box and choose 90. This one is different because it shows a closed isotherm. Inside the circle it is greater |
|than 90 degrees and outside the circle it is less than 90 degrees. |
|5. Pick a temperature of your choice and notice how the line is drawn. |
|6. Click on choose all, and all the isotherms will be drawn in. |
|7. Click on color all, and the isotherms will be colored in. |
|Rules for drawing isotherms: |
|Draw your isotherm in a neat and smooth line instead of a jagged line. (trace lightly in pencil. then go over when done.) |
|An isotherm should begin and end at an edge of the map, or, alternatively, loop around and close on itself |
|An isotherm should never branch or fork |
|Isotherms should be drawn at equal intervals. |
|Isotherm exercises: |
|Practice Map A (Teacher will provide)- Color the isotherms using the color code: 100 - red, 90 - pink, 80 - orange, 70 yellow, 60|
|lt green, 50 dk green, 40 lt blue, 30 dk blue, 20 lt purple, 10 dk purple, 0 brown, -10 gray |
|Map C - (Teacher will provide) Draw Isotherms in 10 degree intervals then color. |
|Task 6 - Air masses |
|Record today's weather for Bayboro, NC and your adopted city, as well as the Astronomy data for both Bayboro, NC and your adopted|
|city. |
|What is an air mass? An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties throughout |
|Use these websites to find out about air masses: Worksheet (pdf) |
|USA Today - Five Air Masses |
|USA Today Air Mass Map |
|Map of Air Masses over the USA |
|Task 7 - Winter Storms |
|Record today's weather for Bayboro, NC and your adopted city, as well as the Astronomy data for both Bayboro, NC and your adopted|
|city. |
|"Try your hand at creating weather" - Click on this link for an Interactive lesson on Winter Weather. Read the directions on your|
|worksheet and fill in your data. |
|Use this worksheet to collect your data: Winter Weather PDF |
|Task 8 - Wind and Fronts |
|Record today's weather for Bayboro, NC and your adopted city, as well as the Astronomy data for both Bayboro, NC and your adopted |
|city. |
|Use these links to answer all question on your worksheet (pdf) |
|Watch this BrainPOP movie on wind and take the quiz |
|Define the types of fronts: (Gh)/guides/mtr/af/frnts/home.rxml |
|Current weather map with fronts: |
|Pictures of: a cold front, cold front animation, a warm front, warm front animation, an occluded front animation. |
|Task 9 - Tornadoes |
|Record today's weather for Bayboro, NC and your adopted city, as well as the Astronomy data for both Bayboro, NC and your adopted |
|city. |
|Use these links to answer these Worksheets: A, B, C |
|What are tornadoes? |
|How are tornadoes measured? |
|Where do they occur? |
|Watch this BrainPOP movie about Tornadoes! |
|Current Tornado Map - Are there any today? |
I never got past tornadoes. I wanted to do clouds, humidity, thunderstorms, and weather prediction to sum up the unit.
|Task 10 - Cloud Identification |
|Record today's weather for Bayboro, NC and your adopted city, as well as the Astronomy data for both Bayboro, NC and your adopted |
|city. |
| Watch this BrainPOP movie about clouds |
|Online Activity to identify clouds |
|Cloud Flashcards |
|Task 11 - Presentation of collected data for your city |
|Create a poster with all your data. Be sure to use graphs, maps, and pictures. |
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