6th Grade Science Guide

Unit 4 6.3 Weather & Climate 3 Dimensions & Progressions

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 fow from regions of high pressure to low pressure causing a change in weather. Examples of data collection could include feld observations, laboratory experiments, weather maps, or diagrams. MS-ESS2-5

CONCEPTS

SKILLS

● AirMasses ● 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 specifc 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 ● WarmFront ● ColdFront

● 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 fow 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