Download Weather GuideBook Rubric

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Weather Guidebook
Element
Cover:
Requirements
Title and Illustration (5 points each)
Name/Period missing (-5 points maximum)
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Flap 1: Clouds
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Flap 2: Severe Weather
Flap 3: Energy Transfer
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Flap 4: Climate
Flap 5: Climate Change
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Flap 7: Wind & Air Pressure
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Back: Weather Symbols
Quality Work:
Total Points:
10
15
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15
*Not assigned yet
*Not assigned yet
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Flap 6: Atmosphere
Water Cycle (p. 182-183): Create an illustration of the water cycle with
labels of Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Runoff.
Define: humidity, relative humidity, dew point. (p. 157)
Define precipitation. List the four main forms of precipitation. (p. 158)
Define cloud (p. 166)
Describe stratus, cumulus and cirrus clouds. Create an illustration of
each. Explain where in the atmosphere they are found and what type of
precipitation (if any) they produce. (p. 169)
Create a Map with a Key of the areas of the US affected by severe
weather. Full Color.
Create a labeled illustration for each type of severe weather: Thunder
(p. 196), Lightning (p. 197), Hurricanes (p. 198), Tornadoes (p. 200).
Describe sunburn, the consequences, and how to prevent it (p. 204)
Describe Heat Exhaustion and the symptoms. Describe Heat Stroke.
Explain how to prevent these from happening (p. 205).
Define Thermal Energy and Temperature. Provide an illustration.
Define Thermal Expansion. Use an illustration to show an example.
Define Density.
Define Heat and Specific Heat. Create an illustration showing the
direction of heat transfer between objects of different temperatures.
Define Radiation, Conduction, and Convection. Create an illustration
showing how each one transfers heats on Earth/in the atmosphere.
Pts
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Composition of the atmosphere: Illustration (pie-chart). Describe the
composition of the atmosphere and the quantities (percentage) of each
gas. Explain how composition and temperature are related.
Layers of the atmosphere: Illustration (Graph the relationship between
altitude, air pressure, and temperature). Describe each layer and
include important facts about each (temperature, altitude, etc)
Air Pressure/Density in the atmosphere: Illustration. Define air pressure
and explain its relationship to temperature, and altitude.
Greenhouse effect: Define the greenhouse effect and describe how it
controls the temperature on Earth. Describe the ozone layer and its
relationship to solar radiation. Illustrate.
Does humid air weigh more or less than dry air? How does this affect air
pressure?
Define wind. Explain how the sun and air pressure cause wind. (p. 134)
Create an illustration of pressure belts and convection cells on Earth (p.
134).
Create an illustration of the Coriolis Effect. (p. 135)
Create an illustration to show the major global wind patterns (p. 136137, 188). Label the polar easterlies, westerlies, trade winds, doldrums,
and horse latitudes.
Define: air mass and front (p. 184). Illustrate a cold front, warm front,
and stationary front.
List the INSTRUMENT used to measure: air pressure, wind speed and
wind direction (p. 160), humidity (p. 157), rainfall (p. 158), and
temperature (p. 156)
Draw an example of a station model (p. 214). Create a chart to show the
symbols for: wind speed and cloud coverage.
Create a key that shows the symbols for: high-pressure center, lowpressure center, cold front, warm front, stationary front, and occluded
front (p. 215). Also include key for Weather Conditions, Cloud Types &
Miscellaneous Sky Cover (see Weather Station Symbols Worksheet)
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Colored Pencils/Felt Tip Markers/Ink
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Neat, Legible Writing
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10
10
Spelling mostly correct/Flaps correctly Titled
100
Score
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Flap-: Atmosphere
Flap-3: Wind Systems and
Heat Transfer
Flap-4: Clouds
Flap-5: Fronts / Air Masses /
Pressure Systems
Flap-6: Severe Weather
Flap-7: Weather Symbols
Back Cover:
Quality Work:
TOTAL (200 pts)
Composition: Illustration, Descriptions
Layers: Illustration, Descriptions
Air Pressure/Density: Illustration, Descriptions
(5 points each)
Convection Cells and Pressure Belts
Descriptions for each, Illustration of both (5 pts)
Polar Easterlies, Prevailing Westerlies, Tradewinds, Doldrums,
Horse Latitudes, Jet Stream
Descriptions for all, Illustration depicting each (10 pts)
Coriolis Effect, Landbreeze, Seabreeze, Monsoon
Illustration and Description for each (5 pts)
Light Energy, Conduction, Convection, Radiation
Illustration of all, Description for each (5 Pts)
Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus, Nimbostratus, Cumulonimbus
Description of each, Illustration of all (10 pts)
Precipitation (types), Dew Point, Cloud Seeding
Descriptions (5pts)
Fronts: Cold, Warm, Stationary, Occluded
Illustration and Descriptions (10 pts)
Air Masses: Continental Polar, Maritime Polar, Maritime
Tropical, Continental Tropical
Illustration and Descriptions (10pts)
Pressure Systems: high, low
Illustration and Descriptions (5pts)
Areas of US affected by these severe storms
Map and Key (color) (8pts)
Tornadoes, thunder/lightning/hail, rain/flooding, hurricanes,
snow/blizzards
Illustration, Storm Precautions (10 pts)
El Ninõ: Description (2 pts)
* include season if applicable for all above
Weather Station, Precipitation/other, wind speed/direction,
cloud coverage, fronts
All Symbols and labels (10 pts)
Fronts, Isobars, Isotherms, Wind-chill factor
Descriptions and illustrations (10 pts)
Instruments to measure:
Wind, Humidity, Rain, Air Pressure, Temperature (5pts)
Water Cycle: Condensation, Precipitation, Evaporation,
Runoff
Descriptions and Illustration
Colored Pencils/Felt Tip Markers/Ink (10 pts)
Neat, Legible Writing (10 pts)
Spelling mostly correct/Flaps correctly Titled (10 pts)
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