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The Ocean and Weather: El Nino and La Nina
Students will learn about when and where these weather changes
occur, and about the effects they have on everything in their wake.
Physical
Characteristics of the Troposphere
Students will learn about environmental trends in the troposphere-
temperature, dew point, pressure and wind speed- by checking their
hypotheses against data collected by weather balloons launched from
the NOAA ship R/V Ronald H. Brown September 15, 2001 by Dr. Rob
Cifelli from Colorado State University.
Cruise Conditions: Graphing and Statistics Lesson Plan
Students will graph some of the weather conditions at 10N, 95W for
the 18-day period when the Ronald H. Brown NOAA research vessel was
stationed there.
Ocean
Influences on Climate Lesson Plan
Students will graph average monthly temperatures at two island
groups, and analyze the data for similarities and differences.
Weather and Climate Lesson Plan
Students will be able to distinguish between weather and climate
Correlating Atmospheric Data Lesson Plan
Students will examine data presented on several different graphs to
explain anomalies and make correlations.
Landslides
"Students will understand how to design an experiment and how to
control different variables in an experiment, how different soil
materials can produce varying types of landslides, how scientists
can predict where landslides could occur, and what El Niño has to do
with landslides."
El Niño
To understand that El Nino is caused by changes in the atmospheric
and ocean content.
The Big Wet
"Students will understand the northernmost areas in Australia are
characterized by a climate known as “tropical wet and dry,” the
temperatures are always warm, with a six-month dry season and a long
rainy season known as “the big wet,” and other areas in the world
have similar climates."
Understanding Weather and Climate
"Students will understand infrared rays from the sun enter Earth’s
atmosphere, the gas carbon dioxide (CO2), which is given off by
green plants, traps the sun’s warmth within Earth’s atmosphere, the
greenhouse effect is important to life on Earth because it provides
our planet with the warmth it needs for animal and plant life to
thrive, and the burning of certain fuels creates excess CO2, which
traps even more heat within Earth’s atmosphere, possibly creating a
phenomenon known as global warming, which may be harmful to life on
Earth."
Climate Controls
"Students consider how various parts of the world and the U.S. are
affected by climate controls such as world air currents."
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Language Arts