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UNIT 6: METEOROLOGY
Part 1: Energy in the
Atmosphere
Hot Tip!!
Watch Nightly Weather
Forecasts for a Better
Understanding of
Weather!!
VOCABULARY: (See list)
Additional worksheets assigned as needed.
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LESSON
DATE
ASSIGNMENT
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Weather Report
Read pg 611 - 614
Atmospheric Variables
RSG 6 - 1: #1 - 3
Station to Station
Interpreting maps and models;
Weather forecasts
Read pg 615 - 620
RSG 6 - 1 #4 - 6
Ditto: Station Models
Over The Rainbow
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Read UPCO pg 291 – 294
RSG 6 - 2 #1 - 8
Lab: Absorption and Radiation of Energy
UPCO pg 294 #1 - 9
Quiz: Station Models and Pressure Conversions
Let There Be Light!
Solar Energy and the Greenhouse Effect
Read pg 556 - 558
RSG 6 - 3 #1 - 10
The Heat is On!
Heat and Temperature
Read UPCO pg 302 - 304
RSG 6-4 #1 - 5
Lab: Heat transfer by conduction
Lab: Heat transfer by convection
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LESSON
DATE
ASSIGNMENT
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Energy on the Move
Read pg 560;
Methods of Heat Transfer
UPCO pg 296 - 297
RSG 6 - 5 #1 – 10
UPCO pg 297 - 300 #1 - 15
Be Specific!
Law of Conservation of Energy
Read UPCO pg 304 - 305
Heating The Atmosphere
Solar Energy and the Atmosphere
Read pg 558 - 559
RSG 6 – 6 #1 - 10
At an Angle
Insolation and Earth’s Surface
Read UPCO pg 381 - 391
RSG 6 – 7 #1 - 7
UPCO pg 401 - 403 #1 – 13
Lab: Angle of Insolation
The Longest Day
Duration of Insolation
RSG 6 – 7 #8 - 13
UPCO pg 391 - 397 #1 – 24
Review
Castle Learning Review
Exam: Part 1 w/o 12/12
VOCABULA
RY
CONDUCTION
CONVECTION
energy sink
energy source
GREENHOUSE
EFFECT
HEAT ENERGY
INSOLATION
JOULE
OZONE
RADIATION
re-radiation
SPECIFIC HEAT
UNIT 6: METEOROLOGY
Part 2: Weather
Hot Tip!!
Keep Watching Nightly
Weather Forecasts. Now
You’ll Understand Them!!
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LESSON
DATE
ASSIGNMENT
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Under Pressure
Read pg 550 - 551
Factors Affecting Air Pressure
RSG 6 - 8 #1 - 10
Lab 6-5 Part A & B: Drawing Isotherms and Isobars
Blowin' In The Wind
Causes of Wind
Read pg 561 - 564
RSG 6 - 9 #1 - 11
Lab 6-5 Part C: Wind Patterns
On a Global Scale
Global Wind Belts
Read pg 562 - 563
RSG 6 - 10 #1 - 10
UPCO pg 326 - 329 #1 – 20
Going Through a Phase
Latent Heat
Read pg 575 - 576
RSG 6 – 11 #1 - 4
Lab: Changes in Phase of Water
Ditto - Phase change
UPCO pg 307 - 309 #1 – 12
Cumulative Exam: January 21 and 24
All Wet! Relatively Speaking
Dew Point and Relative Humidity
Read pg 577 - 580
RSG 6 - 11 #5 - 13
Dew Drop Inn
Lab: Dew Point and Relative Humidity
Ditto: Chart
UPCO pg 316 - 319 #1 - 12
Quiz: Dew point and relative humidity
In the Clouds
Condensation and Cloud Formation
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Types and Causes of Precipitation
Read pg 581 - 586
RSG 6 - 12 #1 - 10
UPCO pg 331 - 333 #1 - 12
Read pg 587 - 590
RSG 6 - 13 #1 - 8
UPCO pg 336 - 339 #1 – 17
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LESSON
DATE
ASSIGNMENT
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Highs and Lows
Air Masses and Their Characteristics
Read pg 601 - 604
RSG 6 - 14 #1 - 10
UPCO pg 346 - 347 #1 - 7
Ditto
Lab 6-5 Part D: Precipitation Patterns
Up Front
Formation of Fronts
Read pg 605 - 607
RSG 6 - 15 #1 - 18
Locating fronts
Ditto
UPCO pg 352 - 356 #1 - 20
Lab 6-5 Part E: Synoptic Weather Map
Ditto
Storm Front
Types of Storms
Read pg 698 - 610
RSG 6 - 16 #1 - 8
Lab: Cyclonic Weather Systems
UPCO pg 361 - 364 #1 - 11
Review
pg 366 - 378 #1 - 31
Castle Learning Review
Tentative Exam Date w/o 1/31
VOCABULARY
AIR MASS
AIR PRESSURE
ANTICYCLONE
BAROMETER
CONVECTION CELL
CYCLONE
DEW POINT
EVAPORATION
FRONT
HURRICANES
ISOBAR
LATENT HEAT
PLANETARY WINDS
MELTING
MONSOON
PRECIPITATION
PRESSURE GRADIENT
PSYCHROMETER
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
SATURATED
Sublimation
SYNOPTIC WEATHER MAP
WET-BULB DEPRESSION
ZONES OF CONVERGENCE
ZONES OF DIVERGENCE