6th Grade Science Guide

6.3 Weather & Climate 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 4

Activity: Isotherms Lab

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can compare and

●​ Isotherms help us to

●​ Lesson Plan

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

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

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

Activity: Coriolis Effect

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ Lesson Plan ●​ Balloons ●​ Permanent markers in different colors ●​ Live feed of global winds and ocean currents ●​ Coriolis Effect

●​ I can describe how air and water masses travel.

●​ Students use balloons and markers to demonstrate the

Coriolis effect that shows how air and water currents travel across the earth.

Activity: Air Masses and Weather Patterns

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ Students can

●​ Students use real time data about air masses and fronts to see

●​ Lesson Plan

demonstrate that weather occurs along