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This multi level hands on free home school unit study was designed to meet the needs of my family of seven home schooled children ages eight to fifteen. I limit textbook reading in our science studies to short passages and look for highly interactive exploratory ways to engage my kids in their science lessons. This study was centered around a text created to meet the National Science Education Standards with researched based learning strategies. 
On the left work for independent learning students to complete. On the right are my resources for lecture/teaching and interactive labs.

Meteorology Unit Study
PART 1: Atmosphere
WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS

I use a basic classroom science text as the base of all my unit studies. This year I am using an OLD 2002/2005 Glencoe Science book called the Air Around You. Its pre-common core and is used for grades 6th and up. I found it for $4 at Abebooks.com but there are free online copies available. (search google Air Around You pdf)
This isn't a dry textbook and chapter review unit study. I have provided links to interactive notebooking, youtube videos, computer animations, simulations and computer interactives. In addition I have provided art lessons that we used during various parts of our science study. I meet the challenge of teaching concepts to a variety of learning styles and ages using plenty of interactive resources.


PDF files for various units includes classroom lesson plans and worksheets
PASSPORT TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE Passport to Knowledge 2007 (pre Common Core)

INDEPENDENT WORK:

CHAPTER 1.1
Earth's Atmosphere multi media and interactive

  • Balloon example of the layers *nice visual
  • Study Jams version - the kids can watch and take notes. Everything they read on screen is important enough to put in their science journals.
  • Computer Interactive: Explore the atmosphere by launching Virtual Weather Balloons! 

CHAPTER 1. 2
 Energy Transfer in the Atmostphere powerpoint (pdf file)
Define: radiation

conduction 
convection
hydrophere
condensation

CHAPTER 1.3

Play: Water Cycle Interactive
Write: notes for water cycle

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Watch: Netflix Magic School Bus 
Wet all Over
Finish your water cycle notes


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Watch: 
Air Movement
Wind
beaufort scale

Watch: Regional and Global Winds


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Read: Chapter 2 Section 1
Watch: Humidity
Watch: dew point
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Watch: Clouds
Watch write the latin base meanings: Clouds

Here's pdf File for the latin. Add to your notebook
Write: Clouds illustration <see sample>
Watch one more video on CLOUDS
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more cloud exploration

Explore:
Clouds 
cloud identification chart
weather reading comprehension with question

Cloud Classifications, Descriptions, and Pictureshttp://vortex.plymouth.edu/ clouds.html 

BBC Weather: Clouds http://www.bbc.co.uk/ weather/ weatherwise/ factfiles/ thebasics/ clouds/ formation.shtml 

Strange Clouds http://science.nasa.gov/ headlines/ y2003/ 18feb_nlc.htm?list713884 
 
Write
complete worksheet
or create your own illustrations of clouds

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As you complete each section of reading complete the self check quizzes and email them to me.


Remember: 

Clouds are formed when warm, moist air RISES and cools to its dew point
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Atmosphere
SECTION 1
Earth's Atmosphere multi media and interactive
  • Balloon example of the layers *nice visual
  • Study Jams version - the kids can watch and take notes. Everything they read on screen is important enough to put in their science journals.
  • Computer Interactive: Explore the atmosphere by launching Virtual Weather Balloons!
Our YOUTUBE Playlist has more videos in order of the lessons presented here.
Watch 2 videos: Atmostphere Introduction, Structure of our Atmostphere , 
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Polar Atmosphere The Northern Lights
Aurora Borealis Video
The aurora can be seen best at this time, which is called magnetic midnight. In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the northern lights), named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Galileo in 1619.

Section 1: What is Weather
Factors that determine weather: air pressure
wind
temperature 
moisture in the air
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Watch:  
What is Weather
Read: Chapter 1 Section 2
Watch: Water Cycle 
    video 1

Remember: More water vapor can be present in warm air than in cold air. 

Water vapor condenses when it reaches the dew point.
This BEAUTIFUL video is an inspiration for an art project we will be completing about the aurora borealis
Here's some more reading material from Window to the Universe
14 PAGE Atmostphere Worksheets
The Air Around Us
  • experiment/demonstration
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Water Cycle
Water Cycle from Genesis God of Wonders Documentary 



Watch the video SCIENCE COURT : Water Cycle

Clouds function as earth's curtains, balancing the temperature. When they form, they block the sun when the temperature on earth becomes too hot, and they let the sunlight in when it becomes too cold. When the earth is hot, more water evaporates from the oceans and turns into clouds. These clouds reflect more energy and the earth cools. When the earth is cold, the clouds cool and condense into rain and snow. With fewer clouds, less energy is reflected. The energy reaches the earth and warms it. The earth has the most diverse collection of reflective surfaces in our solar system.

Water is the most abundant chemical compound on earth. Water covers three fourths of the earth's surface. Between half to three fourths of your body is water. Water is ideal for carbon-based chemistry.

Great resources for interactive notebooks and worksheets for Water Cycle from Excellence in Teaching Science


CLOUDS interactive

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LAPBOOK Resources
Homeschool Share WEATHER CONNECTIONS

Hands On Activities
WEATHER EXPERIEMENTS
Water Cycle Experiment 


WORKSHEETS 
Glencoe Worksheets for Weather 



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Clouds and Precipitation
Cloud classifications and the processes by which clouds and precipitation develop.

CIRRUS feathery
CUMULUS piled up
STRATUS like a sheet
CUMULONIMBUS thundercloud
NIMBO STRATUS dark rain sheets

Notebooking: 
Identify 4 types of cloud printable photographs and worksheet



Inspired resources; 
Cloud Diorama from The Homeschool Voyager




Atmospheric Pressure
Magic School Bus Air Pressure 
Clouds
Greenhouse Effect 
Hole in the Ozone

Unit Study Resources for
k - 3

123Homeschool4me.com Weather Study

TEACHER RESOURCES
Classroom unit studies from science institutes and universities

NASA Meteorology unit study
*I haven't used this just thought it was a good resource for further exploration

  • Introduction and Chapter 1, +pdf
  • Chapter 2: Weather and Climate, +pdf
  • Chapter 3: Surface Color and Effect of Temperature Change, +pdf
  • Chapter 4: Angle of Light Rays and Surface Distribution, +pdf
  • Chapter 5: Barometer Basics, +pdf
  • Chapter 6: Constructing a Barometer, pdf
  • Chapter 7: Does Air Have Weight?, +pdf
  • Chapter 8: Can You Show That the Temperature of Air Has an Effect on Its Weight and Its Direction of Vertical Movement?, +pdf
  • Chapter 9: Are Cold Liquids More Dense Than Warm Liquids?, +pdf
  • Chapter 10: Does Air Contain Water Vapor?, +pdf
  • Chapter 11: A Sling Psychrometer and Relative Humidity, +pdf
  • Chapter 12: How Clouds Form —Understanding the Basic Principles of Precipitation, +pdf
  • Chapter 13: Tornado in a Box, +pdf
  • Chapter 14: Design Challenge: What Factors Determine the Comfort Level of Air?, +pdf
  • Chapter 15: Bringing More Meaning to Weather Predicting: the Weather Station and “Reading” the Sky Help Put It All Together, +pdf
  • Chapter 16: Predicting Weather by Connecting the Basic Cloud Types With Information Collected from the Weather Station, +pdf
  • Appendices, +pdf
  • About the Authors , +pdf

National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Yes, I am one of those moms who LOVES creating lesson plans for homeschool. A Veteran homeschool mom of many. I have home schooled more than a dozen children with every learning style and a variety of learning needs. Tutoring in American History, Science, and Art and Design. These resources are my personal lessons with wisdom gleaned from a variety of sources including classroom teachers, home school co-ops and other active homeschooling moms. Special needs home schooling. My kids have been considered 'lower than grade level' learners. These high school lesson plans  have been packaged in a way that meets the learning needs of my children and those I tutor. Please feel free to use them in your home and home school co-op. I ask that you respect my time and energy and do not resell any of the lessons in part of whole.
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