Zixth Grade

We’re all about weather this week as we catch up on some book work. We will dig into the question What is weather?

Objectives:

• Investigate the effects of air pressure.
• Understand air masses and how they cause weather.
• Identify global wind patterns and other factors that affect climate.
• Cause and Effect: Look for causes of weather changes.

Vocabulary:

• air pressure
• relative humidity
• front
• climate
• warm front
• cold front
• nimbostratus clouds

Assignments:

• Relative Humidity investigation Summary
• RS 50-51 Worksheet
• Fan face self portraits for the Fall Hullabaloo.