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Unpacking the Standards
(Unit 5-Weather and Climate)
Standard S6E4 and S6E6: (Circle the noun(s) and underline the verb(s).)
S6E4. Students will understand how the distribution of land and oceans affect
climate and weather.
S6E6. Students will describe various sources of energy and with their uses and
conservation.
S6E2 Students will understand the effects of the relative positions of the earth,
moon, & sun.
Overarching Learning Question
1. How does the sun interact with the earth to produce weather and climate?
Learning Questions
1. How does an ocean affect the weather and climate of adjacent land?
2. How does the sun’s heating of water in the tropics affect climate in the rest of the
world?
3. What happens to water after it evaporates from the oceans and land?
4. How does the sun’s energy cause winds, thunderstorms, tornados, and hurricanes?
5. How does the tilt of the earth affect the seasons and Earth’s climate?
Enduring Understandings
Students will understand that:
1. Because the Earth turns daily on an axis that is tilted relative to the plane of the
Earth's yearly orbit around the sun, sunlight falls more intensely on different parts
of the Earth during the year. The difference in heating of the Earth's surface
produces the planet's seasons and weather patterns.
2. The cycling of water in and out of the atmosphere plays an important role in
determining climatic patterns.
3. The sun is the major source of energy for phenomena on the Earth's surface,
including winds, ocean currents, and waves.
4. Heat energy carried by ocean currents has a strong influence on climate around the
world.
Do (Verbs-from the standards)
S6E 4-A. Demonstrate
Know (Nouns-From the
standards)
A. Land and water absorb
and lose heat energyExplain effects on
weather patterns
S6E4-B. Relate
S6E4-C. Relate
C.
S6E6- A. Explain
A.
S6E2-C. Relate
C.
S6E4. Students will understand how the distribution of land and oceans affects climate
and weather.
a. Demonstrate that land and water absorb and lose heat at different rates and explain
the resulting effects on weather patterns.
b. Relate unequal heating of land and water surfaces to form large global wind systems
and weather events such as tornados and thunderstorms.
c. c. Relate how moisture evaporating from the oceans affects the weather patterns and
weather events such as hurricanes.
S6E6. Students will describe various sources of energy and with their uses and
conservation.
a. Explain the role of the sun as the major source of energy and its relationship to wind
and water energy.
S6E2 Students will understand the effects of the relative positions of the earth, moon, &
sun.
c. Relate the tilt of the earth to the distribution of sunlight throughout the year and its
effect on climate.
Key Vocabulary
Weather
Elements
Weather
Patterns
Storms
Seasons
Atmosphere
Air pressure
imbalances
(High Pressure
and Low
Pressure)
Wind (Global
and Local)
Land Breeze
Sea Breeze
Coriolis Effect
Air Mass
Continental Air
Mass
Maritime Air
Mass
Tropical Air
Mass
Polar Air Mass
Air Mass
Continental Air Mass
Thunderstorm
Hurricane
Tilt
Axis
Maritime Air Mass
Tornado
orbit
Tropical Air Mass
Polar Air Mass
Warm Front
Cold Front
Stationary Front
El Nino
La Nina
Global Warming
Air Mass
Greenhouse Effect
Direct Sunlight
Indirect Sunlight
Climate
Hemisphere
Rotation
Weather
Climate
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Occluded Front
Revolution
Solstice
Equinox