6th Grade Science Guide

6.3 Weather & Climate 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 4

can be used to predict the weather.

related to weather and climate.

Multiple Choice Assessment: 6.3.3 Formative Assessment

Activity: Do Warmer Seas Make Stronger Hurricanes?

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can interpret charts, maps, graphs and data related to weather and climate.

●​ Students will wrap up the unit on weather and water cycle by examining how heat transfer, the coriolis effect, the water cycle,

●​ Lesson Plan ●​ Hurricane Data Dig Protocol

etc. all play a role in hurricane formation, travel, speed, and strength.

Activity: Modeling the Greenhouse Effect

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can describe factors that contribute to the Greenhouse Effect

●​ Emphasis of this lesson - we couldn’t exist on Earth without the Greenhouse effect. All the cycles on Earth, including hydrologic cycle are made possible by the Greenhouse Effect. ●​ Students create a model of the Greenhouse Effect.

●​ Lesson Plan

Activity: How the Earth Traps Heat Reading & Lab

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I understand how the greenhouse effect allows life on Earth to exist. ●​ I understand that trapping too many greenhouse gasses can lead to temperature increases.

●​ Students Close read an article about Greenhouse gasses, and how it makes life on Earth possible. Students participate in a lab where they create

●​ How Earth’s Atmosphere Traps Heat ●​ lab

their own “greenhouse” effect and monitor how