6th Grade Science Guide

6.3 Weather & Climate 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 4

●​ Lesson Plan ●​ Fizz Keeper Pumps ●​ Thermometers ●​ 2 L pop bottles

●​ I can show how Earth’s weather and climate are influenced by

●​ Students investigate the relationships between temperature, and mass of air as it is being compressed

interactions that involve the sun using a model.

Activity: Flat Bottom Clouds

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ Lesson Plan ●​ Fizz Keeper Pumps ●​ Thermometers ●​ 2 L pop bottles ●​ Sling psychrometers or regular psychrometers

●​ I can show how Earth’s weather and climate are influenced by

●​ Students will form a cloud in a bottle, find the dewpoint and

interactions that involve the sun using a model.

relative humidity of air at different places in the school and use a chart to estimate how high that air would have to rise to form a cloud.

Activity: Air Masses and Fronts

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ Lesson Plan ●​ Corn syrups ●​ Water ●​ Plastic Containers

●​ I can show how Earth’s weather and climate are influenced by

●​ Students will make a model of air mass movements using corn syrup and water.

interactions that involve the sun using a model.

Activity: Front Animation

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can compare and

●​ Students watch an

●​ Animation

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.