Content Objective
Students will demonstrate knowledge of global winds and what causes them by completing a diagram while using a video clip, teacher explanation, 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 the different types of global winds and what causes them by completing the following sentence frames.
- 7. _________ air rises from the surface near the Earth’s _________ and sinks back to the surface near the _________ to create global convection cells.
- “These convection cells are disrupted by the _______________ Effect which is caused by ____________________.”
- “This causes winds in the northern hemisphere to __________________ and ____________ in the southern hemisphere.”
- “The jet stream air currents are found _____________________________ and move ___________ km/hour.”
- “The polar easterlies are found between ___________ & _________ latitude in both hemispheres and travel from _________ to ________.”
- “The westerlies are found between ________ & ______ latitude in both hemispheres and travel from ______ to ________.”
- The trade winds blow from ____________ to the ________ in both hemispheres.”
HOMEWORK – Complete sentence frames