6th Grade Science Guide

Unit 4 6.3 Weather & Climate 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Activity: Front Animation

Objective

Overview

Materials

● Students watch an

● Animation

● I can compare and

contrast the difference between low and high pressure systems.

animation about Fronts. Students should write down observations, and compare their observations to what they’ve learned about temperature and pressure and air masses labs.

Activity: Isotherms Lab

Objective

Overview

Materials

● Isotherms help us to

● Lesson Plan

● I can compare and

contrast the difference between low and high pressure systems.

identify both warm and cold air masses. Isobars show areas of high and low pressure. In this lab, students practice drawing isotherms and isobars and locating air

masses and areas of different pressures.

Activity: Global Circulation Patterns

Objective

Overview

Materials

● Videos

● Students watch videos about differential heating, the coriolis effect, and winds.

● I can describe how the unequal heating of earth leads to weather patterns.

Activity: Coriolis Effect

Objective

Overview

Materials

● Lesson Plan ● Balloons

● Students use balloons and markers to

● I can describe how air

and water masses travel.