Earth Notebook

Welcome to Honors Meteorology!!

27 Aug 1 Syllabus

Student Info Form

List of Topics

Old Weather Adages

Polar Bear Activity

28 Aug 2 NOTES: Intro "Stuff" (slides 1-18)

3 North American Geography

29 Aug NOTES: Meteorology Units & Measurements (slides 19-28)

Meteorology Career Options (due to Canvas no later than end of SMART Lunch, 9/4)

30 Aug 4 Sci. Method, Safety, & Conversions

3 Sept 5 NOTES: Unit 1: Atmosphere (slides 1-11)

6 Graphing Layers of the Atmosphere w/ Lapse Rate Problems

REMINDER: Meteorology Careers DUE TOMORROW by 11:24AM

4 Sept NOTES: Earth and Its Atmosphere (slides 12-18)

5 Sept 7 QUIZ: Intro & Section 1

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly of Ozone

(use this source for local ozone levels)

6 Sept NOTES: Warming & Cooling the Atmosphere (slides 19-38)

8 Specific Heat Lab

9 Sept NOTES: Seasons (slides 39-52)

9 Why is it Hotter at the Equator? Lab

10 Sept NOTES: Extreme Temperatures & Variations (slides 53-66)

10 Controls of Temperature (helpful hints)

11 Sept 11 QUIZ: Sections 2 & 3

12 Coastal & Continental Temperature Ranges

12 Sept 13 Wind Chill

REVIEW DAY

- Unit 1 Test Review Presentation

- What Do I Study?

13 Sept Unit 1 TEST: Atmosphere

14 Article: How Much Water is in Earth's Atmosphere

16 Sept 15 NOTES: Water in the Atmosphere (slides 1-6)

16 3 Stations Lab: Water in the Atmosphere

17 Sept NOTES: Relative Humidity & Dew Point (slides 7-15)

17 Relative Humidity Lab

18 Sept NOTES: Condensation Nuclei & Fog (slides 16-24)

18 Flat Bottom Clouds - Cloud in a Bottle (only pages 1-2)

19 Determining Cloud Base Altitude

19 Sept NOTES: Clouds (slides 25-30)

20 Kindergarten Day - Cotton Ball Clouds

Cloud ID Project (w/ Cloud Wheel) - due to Canvas by Monday, 9/30, at 11:24AM

23 Sept NOTES: Unusual Clouds & Satellites (slides 32-35)

work on Cloud ID Project - due to Canvas no later than 11:24AM on 9/30

24 Sept 21 QUIZ: Sections 1 & 2

22 Article: Chemtrails Conspiracy

Cloud Art

continue work on Cloud ID Project

25 Sept NOTES: Stability (slides 36-42)

23 UAH - Clouds Lab (helpful info on types of lift)

26 Sept NOTES: Instability & Clouds (slides 43 - 47)

24 Rain Shadow Effect

27 Sept Unexpected Teacher Workday

REMINDER: Cloud Project due to Canvas by 9/30 by 11:24AM

30 Sept NOTES: Precipitation (slides 48 - 60)

25 UAH - Temperature & Sounding Lab

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NOTEBOOK CHECK #1 (items 1-25): Friday, Oct 4th

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26 Precipitation Types

Severe Flooding Project - due to Canvas by 2:18PM on 10/7

1 Oct 27 How Does a Precipitation Event Happen?

work on Severe Flooding Project

2 Oct 28 QUIZ: Sections 3 & 4

work on Severe Flooding Project

4 Oct NOTEBOOK Check Day

REVIEW DAY

- Unit 2 Test Review Presentation

- What Do I Study?

cont. work on Severe Flooding Project - due to Canvas by 2:18PM on 10/7

7 Oct Unit 2 TEST: Water in the Atmosphere

Finish & submit Severe Flooding Project to Canvas by 2:18PM

29 Interpreting Station Models (video tutorial)

8 Oct 30 Station Model Notes

31 Station Model Lab

9 Oct 32 Unit 3 NOTES: Winds (slides 1-7)

33 Surface Air Pressure Map - NWS JetStream Activity

34 Isobars & Isotherms Maps

10 Oct NOTES: Forces that Influence Winds (slides 8-12)

35 Isobar Maps

11 Oct NOTES: Small Scale & Local Systems (slides 13-19)

Multiple Review Tools for Isobar Maps and Station Models

15 Oct 36 QUIZ: Station Models, Sect. 1, half of Sect. 2

37 The Art of the Wind - HARD COPY handed in no later than 18 Oct

16 Oct NOTES: Local Wind Systems (slides 20-24)

38 Land/Sea Breezes - Univ of Delaware SeaGrant

(Student Instruction Sheet)

17 Oct NOTES: Specialty Winds (slides 25-30)

39 What Causes the Winds?

18 Oct NOTES: Global Winds (slides 31-40)

40 Hadley Cell Diagram

41 Air Motion: High & Low of It

21 Oct NOTES: Atmospheric & Ocean Circulation (slides 41 - 48)

42 ENSO Investigation

22 Oct Unit 3: Quiz 2 (last half of Section 2 & Section 3)

43 Let's Go Fly a Kite - Parts 1, 2, and Planning Stage

23 Oct REVIEW DAY

- Unit 3 Test Review Presentation

- What Do I Study?

Let's Go Fly a Kite - group planning stage

24 Oct Unit 3 TEST: Winds

Let's Go Fly a Kite - final plans

25 Oct Let's Go Fly a Kite - Building Stage

28 Oct Let's Go Fly a Kite - Building Stage, Final Touches & pre-flight testing

29 Oct Let's Go Fly a Kite - COMPETITION DAY!!!

CLASS DATA CHART

30 Oct 44 Unit 4 NOTES: Air Masses & Fronts (slides 1-19)

45 Air Masses & Fronts Activity (HINT)

31 Oct 46 Air Mass Quick Review

NOTES: Stages of Cyclogenesis (slides 20-30)

47 Interpreting Weather Maps with a WeatherCycler

4 Nov NOTES: Convergence & Divergence (slides 31-36)

** 15-20 min to finish WeatherCycler Lab

48 UAH Lab #5 - Air Masses, Fronts & Mid-Latitude Cyclones

6 Nov NOTES: Special Cyclonic Storms (slides 37-38)

49 Satellite Meteorology: Weather Forecasting

7 Nov Forecasting: Accuracy Matters Project - due to Canvas by 11:24AM on 11/13

8 Nov 50 Quiz 1 (sections 1 & 2)

cont. work on Forecasting: Accuracy Matters Project

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OPTIONAL NOTEBOOK CHECK #2 (items 26-50): Tuesday, Nov 12th

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12 Nov NOTES: Forecasting Techniques (slides 50-56)

51 Forecasting Weather with 4 maps: Aug 24-31

** Forecasting: Accuracy Matters Project - Due to Canvas by end of SMART Lunch, 11/13

13 Nov NOTES: Time Range & Accuracy (slides 57-62)

52 Forecasting: Model Output Statistics

14 Nov NOTES: Forecasting for 6 Cities (slides 63-70)

53 You're a Broadcast Meteorologist! - due 7:25AM, Wed, 11/20

15 Nov 54 QUIZ: Section 3

cont. working on Broadcast Meteorologist project

18 Nov ALL MEET IN MEDIA CENTER to film Broadcast Meteorologist project & review

REVIEW DAY

- Quizizz Challenge

- Review Presentation

- What Do I Study?

19 Nov Quizizz Challenge - required score of 80% per quiz

Final touches on Broadcast Meteorologist Project - due by 11:24AM, 11/20

Lightning Video

20 Nov Unit 4 TEST: Weather

Lightning Video

21 Nov 55 NOTES: Lightning & Thunderstorms - ordinary & multi-cell (slides 1-21)

56 Lightning: Fact or Myth?

57 UAH Lab #7&8 -Thunderstorms & Tornadoes

22 Nov NOTES: Thunderstorms - super-cell and Tornadoes - life cycle (slides 22-31)

cont. UAH Lab #7&8

Tornadoes and Storm Chasing

25 Nov NOTES: Tornadoes - occurrence, distribution, & shelter (slides 32-39)

Tornado Investigation - BOTH parts due to Canvas by end of class, Tues, 12/3

26 Nov 58 QUIZ: Section 1 and 1st half of Section 2

cont. working on Tornado Investigation - Part 1

2 Dec cont. working on Tornado Investigation - ALL is due to Canvas by end of class, 12/3

3 Dec NOTES: Tornadoes - measurement & formation (slides 40-53)

SkyWARN - Convective Basics

4 Dec NOTES: Hurricanes - Formation & Stages (slides 54-62)

59 Hurricane Analysis

5 Dec NOTES: Hurricanes - Movement, Naming, & Classification (slides 63-81)

60 Impacts of Hurricanes Irma & Maria on Puerto Rico

6 Dec 61 QUIZ: 2nd half of Section 2 and Section 3

Into the Storm - analysis

9 Dec Finish Into the Storm with analysis - due to Canvas by end of class today, 12/9

REVIEW DAY

- What Do I Study?

10 Dec Unit 5 TEST: Severe Storms

Children's Book Project - planning & design - Due at beginning of class Tues, 12/17

11 Dec Children's Book Project - sections 1 & 2

12 Dec Children's Book Project - sections 2 & 3

13 Dec Children's Book Project - sections 3 & 4

16 Dec Children's Book Project - sections 4 & 5 - Due at beginning of class Tues, 12/17

17 Dec CHILDREN'S BOOK DUE (major assessment)

63 Unit 6 NOTES: Climate - Koppen System (slides 1-25)

64 Koppen Climate Classification - Part 1

18 Dec NOTES: finish Koppen Classification (slides 26-44)

65 Koppen Climate Classification - Part 2

19 Dec 66 QUIZ: Section 1

67 Torrents, Droughts, & Twisters - Oh My!

with EPA Climate Change Indicators

20 Dec NOTES: Factors of Climate Change (slides 45-62)

68 Climate Impact Graphs

6 Jan NOTES: Evidence of Climate Change (slides 63-78)

69 Greenhouse Effect Simulation

7 Jan 70 Quiz 2: Section 2

71 Chasing Ice

8 Jan Key Climate Indicator Posters

REVIEW DAY

- What Do I Study?

9 Jan Unit 6 TEST: Climate

OPTIONAL Notebook Check Day

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT MISSING WORK

10 Jan FINAL EXAM REVIEW DAY

15 Jan FINAL EXAM