BHS Earth Science Guide

Meteorology

Earth Science

Quarter 3

McGraw Hill Module 9

Global Wind Systems pages 230-233 Divide students into small groups and assign sections of the reading to each group, then collaborate through the gallery walk process and have students each record important information using their graphic organizer Sections: Global Wind Systems pg.230 Visualizing the Coriolis Effect pg 231 Polar Easterlies Prevailing Westerlies

234 235 236

Graphic Organizer ● Markers or

Colored Pencils

Trade Winds Jet Streams

Fronts Part 2:

● Chromebook

Interactive Content: Explore and Explain ● Global Wind Systems ● Jet Streams ● Fronts ● Pressure Systems

20min

● Pressure

Systems Activity Sheet

Students should complete the lesson check questions at the end of each interactive. Elaborate Re-evaluate the Focus Question: Why do winds blow the way they do?

● Digital Journal or Science Notebook ● Digital or paper submission

5min

Evaluate Formative Assessment Check:

235

5min

Why are tornadoes more common in the Central Plains of the US than in Puerto Rico?

Demonstrate Understanding Questions

236

15min

● Digital Journal, Science Notebook or Paper Submission

Phenomena Check In

5min

What did we learn today that might help us to understand how technological innovations have helped us to understand and forecast weather more accurately?