Friday May 9th

The Plan:
Science: 

We will continue our Weather Unit by doing the following:

• Identify the 4 common types of air masses.
• Analyze how the common air masses interact along fronts.
• Compare and contrast the 4 major storm types created from air masses.

ADVANCE PLANNING: Study guides for the final test will be coming home Thursday May 8^th. The test is scheduled for Friday May 16^th.


Homeroom: None

What is Happening:

Monday: Today we:

• Completed notetaking over the different types of air masses and then had a class discussion (SN pg 82-83)

Tuesday: Today we: 

• Started talking about fronts where air masses collide and looked at three aspects: How the air masses move along a particular front, what precipitation falls along a particular front, and what one would expect the weather to be like after the front has passed though. (SN pg 84)

Wednesday: Today we: 

• Finished talking about fronts where air masses collide by completing a matching card sort activity. We used this card sort as a check on our notes (SN pg 84)
• Discussed how when air masses collide it causes the air to mix and swirl, creating cyclones (low-pressure systems) and anticyclones (high-pressure systems).

Thursday: Today we: 

• Started looking at storms by performing a "Paragraph Attack" on them. Students had 40 minutes to work in class.

Friday: Today we: 

• Used today as a catch-up day by working on paragraph attack
• Explored the "Weather Wiz Kids" website for more fun facts about weather with our class computers.