1. SLMS 7th Grade Science Weather and Climate
Lessons 2 and 3
Collecting Weather Data
Earth’s Atmosphere

2. BRAINSTORM What does the term Weather mean?
Weather properties include? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

3. DESCRIBE
Today’s Weather
Yesterday’s Weather
The Day Before Yesterday?

4. TODAY’S FORECAST WOOD TV
What terms did the meteorologist use when reporting the weather? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

5. WEATHER TERMS System Front High and Low Pressure Precipitation
Temperature
Clouds
Wind Speed and Direction
Wind Chill and/or “Feels Like” Temperature
Dew Point
Barometer – Barometric Pressure

6. How can we find out about daily changes in the weather?
Record Daily Weather Data.

7. WEATHER INSTRUMENTS Thermometer Barometer Hygrometer Anemometer
Rain Gage
Weather Vane
Pass around the weather instruments and record the answers to the following questions on you note cards.
What Does this instrument do?
What is this instrument used to measure?
How does it work?

8. Instrument Lab Follow Up
- What do each of these instruments do?
- What increments are used to measure?
Thermometer
Barometer
Hygrometer
Anemometer
Rain Gage
Weather Vane
- Refer to the functions in the Key Terms section of your journal when you are done.

9. What makes up the Atmosphere
What makes up the Atmosphere? -What properties of the atmosphere do we measure?
Thermometer – Temperature
Barometer – Air Pressure
Hygrometer – The amount of water vapor in the air.

10. Record daily weather conditions.
DAILY WEATHER OBSERVATION LOG
Record daily weather conditions.
DAILY WEATHER OBSERVATION LOG
DATE
WEATHER OBSERVER
TEMPERATURE
(ºC)
PRECIPITA-TION (cm)
BAROMETRIC
PRESSURE
HUMIDITY
WIND
DIRECTION
SPEED
CLOUD
COVER
COMMENTS

11. Atmosphere Make Up

12. Journal Entry – Wrap up
How do you think daily weather data will help determine how the weather changes from day to day and sometimes within a day?
DISCUSS and RECORD in your journal.

13. Lesson 3

14. Question
What would happen if the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere were increased or decreased?