6th Grade Science Guide

Unit 4 6.3 Weather & Climate 3 Dimensions & Progressions

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 demonstrate that weather occurs along boundaries of 2 air masses.

● Lesson Plan

demonstrate that weather occurs along boundaries of 2 air masses.

Activity: Predicting Changes in Weather

Objective

Overview

Materials

● I can describe how your location on Earth affects climate and weather.

● Students analyze and

● Lesson Plan

use weather data to see how weather scientists are so able to accurately predict the weather.

Activity: Ocean Currents and Sea Surface Temperatures

Objective

Overview

Materials

● Differential heating of Earth results in circulation patterns in the atmosphere and

● Students use data to discover the link between ocean temperatures and

● Lesson Plan ● Moby Duck - ocean currents article