1. Earth Science Unit Overview: Chapter 4 – Earth’s Water
Lesson 1 – Earth: The Blue Planet
Lesson 2 – The Water Cycle
Lesson 3 – Fresh Water Resources
Lesson 4 – California’s Water Supply
Chapter 5 – Earth’s Weather
Lesson 1 – Earth’s Atmosphere
Lesson 2 – Air Current and Wind
Lesson 3 – Ocean’s and Air Temperature
Lesson 4 – Severe Weather
Lesson 5 – Predicting Weather
Chapter 6 – The Solar System
Lesson 1 – The Sun
Lesson 2 – The Structure of the Solar System
Lesson 3 – Gravity and Orbit

2. Predicting the Weather
Lesson Overview:
1) What do we already know?
2) Vocabulary
3) Drawings
4) Main Ideas
5) Review
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3. Predicting the Weather What do we already know? BrainPOP Teaser
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Predicting the Weather What do we already know? BrainPOP Teaser
What causes severe weather?
a) When warm and cold fronts come together and warm air gets pushed upward and condenses.
What causes thunderstorms?
a) See question 1.
3) What are tornadoes?
a) A rotating, funnel shaped cloud
with extremely high winds.
3) Food Chain
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4. Predicting the Weather: Vocabulary Part I
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Predicting the Weather: Vocabulary Part I
1) forecast: to make your best guess before something happens
2) meteorologist: a scientist who specializes in the study of Earth’s atmosphere and weather.
3) Weather map: shows the weather in a specific area at a specific point in time.
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5. Predicting the Weather: Drawings (pg. 279)
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Predicting the Weather: Drawings (pg. 279)
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6. Predicting the Weather: Drawings
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Predicting the Weather: Drawings
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7. Predicting the Weather: Drawings (pg. 282)
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Predicting the Weather: Drawings (pg. 282)
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8. Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas
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Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas
Who needs to know what the weather will be? (pg )
a) An airplane pilot, a farmer, and a meteorologist.
Quick Check (pg. 279)
-Critical Thinking: What are other symbols
you could use to show on a map how
cloudy the sky is?
a) Dots, colors, numbers, pictures
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9. Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas
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Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas
2) What do weather fronts tell you?
(pg )
a) Tell you what the weather is going to be like in the future.
Quick Check (pg. 281)
-Compare and Contrast: How does what low
and high pressure systems tell you differ from
what warm and cold fronts tell you?
a) Fronts: What kind of weather is approaching
b) Pressure: tells you the temperature
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10. Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas
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Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas
3) What do lows and highs tell you?
(pg )
a) They tell you what the local weather conditions will be like.
Quick Check (pg. 283)
-Critical Thinking: Why would knowing where the
low and high pressure systems are moving help
you forecast the weather?
a) Knowing where low or high pressure systems
are moving will let you know where it might be
raining or clear.
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11. Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas
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Predicting the Weather: Main Ideas
4) How do weather forecasters collect data? (pg. 284)
a) Weather balloon, Doppler radar, and satellites.
Quick Check (pg. 284)
-Critical Thinking: Why does having additional
data help meteorologists make forecasts more
accurate?
a) With more data, you know more variables
and can give more specific forecasts.
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12. Predicting the Weather: Review
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Predicting the Weather: Review
Summarize the main ideas
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