*Science*
The students will spend the next two weeks learning about the different weather patterns.
Essential Questions:
- How does air move?
- What are air masses?
- What causes severe weather?
- How are weather forecasts made?
Important Concepts:
- Air pressure relates to altitude, convection currents, and the water cycle.
- What happens when two air masses meet?
- Compare and contrast causes and structure of types of severe weather.
- How weather data is collected and analyzed.
- Natural events are often predictable and logical.
- Compare and contrast weather and climate.
- How have climates have changed over time?
