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Students will create a graphic organizer that is based upon thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Students will identify a series of characteristics of each (with a minimum of 5), and then explain the best course of action to be safe … Continue reading →

Students will be evaluated upon the characteristics of air masses and their formations of various types of fronts that bring about changes in our daily weather. Students are highly advised to study their class notes, their study guides that include … Continue reading →

Students will learn about the four kinds of air masses and the four types of fronts that affect our daily weather. We will elaborate upon high pressure in relation to low pressure as the weather changes over time. Furthermore, students … Continue reading →

Students will learn the different types of clouds based upon their characteristics (shape and internal structure), and we will reinforce them in class as we move forward with our new material.

If you were to look at the StudentConnect/ParentConnect, you will see a score of “999”. This merely represents that the introduction has been completed by the student; otherwise, you may see a score of zero that signals failure on the student’s … Continue reading →

Students will be evaluated on the characteristics of the atmosphere, atmospheric heating, and global and local winds that we have discussed and reinforced in class for the past couple of weeks. Students are highly advised to prepare by reviewing their … Continue reading →

Students are to complete answering the following questions on pages 30 & 31 in their notebooks:  7-14; 17-19; 21-26. NOTE: For those who did not have their introduction verified, it will be checked throughout this week as we move forward in … Continue reading →

In addition to commencing the review process on the atmosphere for our chapter test this week (Wednesday or Thursday), students will start their writing process with the focus on writing the introduction of their paper that will center on weather and … Continue reading →

Students will have an opportunity to learn about the writing process in terms of writing a five-paragraph essay using the standard format of an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. The teacher will guide the students as to how to … Continue reading →

Students are highly advised to study their class notes on the characteristics of the atmosphere along with its heating processes since we will be having a summative evaluation late next week, and students should not wait until test time to … Continue reading →