Grade Level/Unit Number: 7th grade/Unit 3 II: Unit Title: Weather & Atmosphere

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Diagram copied from: http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/ecosystems.htm

Name __________________________________ Due Date __________

Side 1- Write the 3 main cloud types.

Include a hand drawn picture of each & at least one descriptive word.
Side 2- Make up an original myth with an explanation of why one of the following

occurs:

tornado rainbows hail floods droughts

following steps:

1. 
   Cut paper to create a perfect square. (This can be found by bringing the corner of the paper to the opposite side- then cut off the flap left over)
   

2. 
   Fold the top right corner of the square down to the lower left corner, making a half X.
   

3. 
   Repeat step 2, making the folded marks of a completed X.
   

4. 
   Cut one side of a triangle to the center.
   

5. 
   Add your information to the inside or outside and then staple the unused flap to form a pyramid.
   

6. 
   Add tissue paper or a ribbon to one corner to create a kite effect.
   

(attachment 7) Foldable diagram adapted from Creative Teaching Press

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I. Grade Level/Unit Number: 7^th grade

V. Materials Needed:

Handouts

Internet/ multiple computer usage

One week (or so) of weather maps cut from the newspaper

Daily weather data (wind speed and direction, precipitation, current temperature, and dew point) for your school and 3 - 4 cities from neighboring states

This activity is good to start after there has been some unsettling weather, because it will help students to link the visual changes that are shown on a series of weather maps with their experience. If you have had a series of fair weather days, it may be helpful to use one of the Internet weather sites to identify weather changes in other parts of the country with maps from the newspaper.