- 5 min study guide review
- Turn in Study Guide
- TEST - Atmosphere
- Work on Lab
- Turn Lab in (except per 1)
HOMEWORK:
- NONE- HAVE A GREAT BREAK!!!!
2.4.15
Thursday, April 2, 2015
AGENDA:
1.4.15
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
*Happy April Fool's Day!*
**Atmosphere TEST #1 is tomorrow - seriously, not a joke!**
AGENDA:
**Atmosphere TEST #1 is tomorrow - seriously, not a joke!**
AGENDA:
- Share lab data from previous day.
- Average Lab data
- Graph Lab data
HOMEWORK:
- Complete entire study guide for Atmosphere TEST q's 1-21
- Study for the TEST!
31.3.15
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
*Atmosphere TEST on Thursday - study and be prepared!*
AGENDA:
AGENDA:
- Greenhouse Gas Lab - data collection and sharing of group data
HOMEWORK:
- Complete Atmosphere Test 1 Study Guide - questions 1-10
30.3.15
Monday, March 30, 2015
AGENDA:
- Finish The Weather: Heat video and questions - turn questions in
- Group Extra Credit Quiz - The greenhouse effect
HOMEWORK:
- Study - the first Weather TEST will be on Thursday!!!!
- PER 6 ONLY - DRAW A DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS THE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, THE "PAUSES" AND THE PARTICLES OF AIR 3 TIMES ON 3 SEPARATE SHEETS OF PAPER!!!!!
27.3.15
Friday, March 27, 2015
AGENDA:
- Stamp 17.1 Layers of the Atmosphere questions and The Seasons HW
- Watch and answer questions for the BBC video: The Weather - Heat
HOMEWORK:
- Learn the Greenhouse Effect IN DETAIL as explained in your comic strip
26.3.15
Thursday, March 26, 2015
AGENDA:
- Fate of Solar Radiation on Earth
- Greenhouse Effect
HOMEWORK:
- Due tomorrow: Cause of seasons worksheet
- Learn the greenhouse effect (the one from class) in DETAIL!!!!
25.3.15
Wednesday, March 24, 2015
AGENDA:
- QUIZ -Layers of Atmo/Air Pressure
- Uneven heating of Atmo Notes
HOMEWORK:
- Due Friday: Cause of Seasons HW
- Begin to work on vocabulart
24.3.15
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
*Layer of Atmosphere and Air Pressure QUIZ tomorrow!*
AGENDA:
AGENDA:
- Solar Angle Energy Lab and questions
- Continue homework from yesterday or study for tomorrows quiz
HOMEWORK:
- Finish 17.1 Layers of Atmosphere questions/diagram
- Study for Quiz tomorrow
23.3.15
Monday, March 23, 2015
*Quiz on the Layers of the Atmosphere and Air Pressure Wednesday!!!*
AGENDA:
AGENDA:
- Stamp/ Review Evolution of Atmo comic and Layers of Atmo reading/graph
- Notes- Air Pressure
- Begin Homework - Atmosphere questions and diagram to label and color (except for 1st period)
HOMEWORK:
- Due Wednesday - Atmosphere Questions / Diagram to label and color
- Study the Layers of the Atmosphere and Air Pressure for a quiz on Wednesday!
20.3.15
Friday, March 20, 2015
*Happy Spring Equinox!!!*
Why Do We have Seasons? From NOAA
As the earth spins on its axis, producing night and day, it also moves about the sun in an elliptical (elongated circle) orbit that requires about 365 1/4 days to complete. The earth's spin axis is tilted with respect to its orbital plane. This is what causes the seasons. When the earth's axis points towards the sun, it is summer for that hemisphere. When the earth's axis points away, winter can be expected. Since the tilt of the axis is 23 1/2 degrees, the North Pole never points directly at the Sun, but on the summer solstice it points as close as it can, and on the winter solstice as far as it can. Midway between these two times, in spring and autumn, the spin axis of the earth points 90 degrees away from the sun. This means that on this date, day and night have about the same length: 12 hours each, more or less.
Why should this tilt of the Earth's axis matter to our weather? To understand this, take a piece of paper and a flashlight. Shine the light from the flashlight straight onto the paper, so you see an illuminated circle. All the light from the flashlight is in that circle. Now slowly tilt the paper, so the circle elongates into an ellipse. All the light is still in that ellipse, but the ellipse is spread out over more paper. The density of light drops. In other words, the amount of light per square centimeter drops (the number of square centimeters increases, while the total amount of light stays the same).
The same is true on the earth. When the sun is overhead, the light is falling straight on you, and so more light (and more heat) hit each square centimeter of the ground. When the sun is lower in the sky, the light gets more spread out over the surface of the earth, and less heat (per square centimeter) can be absorbed. Since the earth's axis is tilted, the sun is higher when you are on the part of the earth where the axis points more towards the sun, and lower on the part of the Earth where the axis points away from the sun.
For the Northern Hemisphere, the axis points most toward the sun in June (specifically around June 21), and away from the sun around December 21. This corresponds to the Winter and Summer Solstice (solstice is Latin for "the sun stands"). For the Southern Hemisphere, this is reversed.
For both hemispheres, the earth is 90 degrees away from the sun around March 21 and then again around September 21. This corresponds to the Fall and Spring Equinox (equinox is Latin for "equal night"). Everyplace in the world has about 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night.Image showing the Earth's orbit
AGENDA:
Why Do We have Seasons? From NOAA
As the earth spins on its axis, producing night and day, it also moves about the sun in an elliptical (elongated circle) orbit that requires about 365 1/4 days to complete. The earth's spin axis is tilted with respect to its orbital plane. This is what causes the seasons. When the earth's axis points towards the sun, it is summer for that hemisphere. When the earth's axis points away, winter can be expected. Since the tilt of the axis is 23 1/2 degrees, the North Pole never points directly at the Sun, but on the summer solstice it points as close as it can, and on the winter solstice as far as it can. Midway between these two times, in spring and autumn, the spin axis of the earth points 90 degrees away from the sun. This means that on this date, day and night have about the same length: 12 hours each, more or less.
Why should this tilt of the Earth's axis matter to our weather? To understand this, take a piece of paper and a flashlight. Shine the light from the flashlight straight onto the paper, so you see an illuminated circle. All the light from the flashlight is in that circle. Now slowly tilt the paper, so the circle elongates into an ellipse. All the light is still in that ellipse, but the ellipse is spread out over more paper. The density of light drops. In other words, the amount of light per square centimeter drops (the number of square centimeters increases, while the total amount of light stays the same).
The same is true on the earth. When the sun is overhead, the light is falling straight on you, and so more light (and more heat) hit each square centimeter of the ground. When the sun is lower in the sky, the light gets more spread out over the surface of the earth, and less heat (per square centimeter) can be absorbed. Since the earth's axis is tilted, the sun is higher when you are on the part of the earth where the axis points more towards the sun, and lower on the part of the Earth where the axis points away from the sun.
For the Northern Hemisphere, the axis points most toward the sun in June (specifically around June 21), and away from the sun around December 21. This corresponds to the Winter and Summer Solstice (solstice is Latin for "the sun stands"). For the Southern Hemisphere, this is reversed.
For both hemispheres, the earth is 90 degrees away from the sun around March 21 and then again around September 21. This corresponds to the Fall and Spring Equinox (equinox is Latin for "equal night"). Everyplace in the world has about 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night.Image showing the Earth's orbit
AGENDA:
- Opening question
- Quiz- What is Air?
- Atmospheric Air Predictions Lab
HOMEWORK:
- Complete Evolution of Atmosphere Comic
- Complete 17.1 An Intro to the Atmosphere reading /graph/questions
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