Content Objective
Students will demonstrate comprehension of how the how Sea Breezes and Land Breezes are formed by creating a diagram using a teacher explanation, PowerPoint, video clips, and their text book.
E.ES.07.11 Describe the relationship between the warming of the atmosphere of the Earth by the Sun a
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 Sea Breezes and Land Breezes by completing the following sentence frames.
3. “Winds are generally named after______________________________________.”
4. “Sea Breezes are formed during ____________________ when the Sun is__________ and the _____________ is warmer than the ____________. This causes a ___________ current in which the air above the __________ rises and the cool air over the _________ moves in to take it’s place.”
5. “Land Breezes are formed during ____________________ when the Sun is__________ and the _____________ is warmer than the ____________. This causes a ___________ current in which the air above the __________ rises and the cool air over the _________ moves in to take it’s place.”
6. “A __________ breeze blows from the sea and a _________breeze blows from the land.”
HOMEWORK – Complete sentence frames and the diagram of the Land Breezes and Sea Breezes.