6th Grade Science Guide

6.3 Weather & Climate 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 4

STANDARD 6.3.2

6.3.2 Investigate the interactions between air masses that cause changes in weather conditions . Collect and analyze weather data to provide evidence for how air masses flow from regions of high pressure to low pressure causing a change in weather. Examples of data collection could include field observations, laboratory experiments, weather maps, or diagrams. MS-ESS2-5

CONCEPTS

SKILLS

●​ Air Masses ●​ Weather Conditions ●​ Air Mass Flow

●​ Investigate ●​ Collect and Analyze weather data ●​ Provide Evidence

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

●​ Interactions between air masses result in changes in weather ●​ Weather is a measure of temperature, air pressure, humidity and wind speed ●​ There are patterns in weather conditions over time for specific areas ●​ Landforms can affect global temperatures and weather ●​ Weather patterns are complex and have multiple causes, but large bodies of data help us to make weather predictions

VOCABULARY

●​ Weather ●​ Warm Front ●​ Cold Front

●​ Rain Shadow effect ●​ Orographic lifting ●​ Wind Funnels ●​ Landform Breezes ●​ Lake Effect ●​ Inversion

●​ Stationary Front ●​ Occluded Front

POSSIBLE PHENOMENA

●​ Patterns in data help us to predict the weather

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY ●​ I can analyze data about flow of air masses and how they affect weather. ○​ Language Supports:

■​ Nouns to introduce concepts (front, air mass, air pressure, changes, weather pattern, etc.) ■​ If/then clauses (If the air mass ____, then ______., _____ causes ______ to occur.

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION