High School Science
Meteorology
Earth Science
Quarter 3
McGraw Hill Module 9
Re-evaluate the Focus Question: How does heat drive weather?
Notebook
● Digital Journal, Science Notebook or Paper Submission ● Digital Journal, Science Notebook or Paper Submission
Evaluate
229
10 min
Formative Assessment Check: What makes one air mass different from another? Where do air masses form?
Phenomena Check In
5 min
What did we learn today that might help us to understand how technological innovations have helped us to understand and forecast weather more accurately?
● Digital Journal or Science Notebook
Engage
Lesson 2:
10 min
Weather Systems
Focus Question: Why do winds blow in the direction they do?
230
● Chromebook
Launch the Lesson: Weather Systems Interactive Content
● Gallery Walk Instructions ● Topic poster ● Reading Graphic Organizer ● Markers or
Explore & Expand
230 231 232 233 234 235 236
30 min
Part 1: Reading and Gallery Walk
Global Wind Systems pages 230-233 Divide students into small groups and assign sections of the reading to each group, then collaborate through the gallery walk process and have students each record important information using their graphic organizer Sections: Global Wind Systems pg.230 Visualizing the Coriolis Effect pg 231 Polar Easterlies Prevailing Westerlies
Colored Pencils
Trade Winds Jet Streams
Fronts Part 2:
● Chromebook
Interactive Content: Explore and Explain
20 min
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