Content Objective
Students will demonstrate comprehension of the different types of heat transfer and how they effect our atmosphere by creating a tri-fold diagram representing each type using information from a video clip, Power Point and their text book.
E.ES.07.11 Describe the relationship between the warming of the atmosphere of the Earth by the Sun and convection within the atmosphere and oceans.
E.ES.07.13 Describe how the warming of the Earth by the Sun produces wind and ocean currents.
Language Objective
Students will write to describe the three types of energy transfer by completing the following sentence frames.
- “___________ is the type of energy transfer that brings the suns energy to Earth in ________ through ______________.”
- “___________ is the type of energy transfer that works best in _______ as molecules______________________.”
- “___________ is the type of energy transfer that works best in ____ or ____ and is caused when molecules speed up and __________, becoming _________ and _________.”