Lesson Objectives Students should understand how the Earth’s atmosphere is structured Students should be able to describe and explain the changes in temperature and pressure with height through our atmosphere
The atmosphere is dynamic – Atmospheric structure and Insolation. 1. Describe the major trends around the vertical structure of the atmosphere diagram. 2. Read Waugh page What is the difference between weather and climate? 4. Explain the patterns you noted in task Around the composition table add the functions of the different gases in the atmosphere. 6. Describe and explain the diagram to one another in pairs 7. Warning - Demonstration task at the end.