Hey everyone,
In the past two weeks, students have worked on a Severe Weather PSA multimedia project. Many of the presentations were absolutely wonderful! We also had our Watching the Weather discussion concluding our 3-week assignment of making observations about the weather using only our senses.
Below: One of the video projects that some of your students made, they were very creative and used a green screen to key out and put in some fun backgrounds!
During our discussion, students could compare what we've been doing in class to the real world. Students learned that weather isn't just a bystander in our lives but plays a very active role in our day-to-day experiences.
To the right: A picture of a QBall that we used during our classroom discussion. It's a tossable microphone! That way even the quietest person can be heard by everyone.
Currently, we are in the final week of our unit. We are learning about climate and climate zones. Today students were analyzing climate precipitation and temperature graphs and making note of the differences between the 5 main types of climates (Dry, Tropical, Temperate (Mild), Continental (Cool), and Polar). Tomorrow, students will be taking data from two cities and creating temperature and precipitation climate graphs for each. Then they will answer some reflection questions about what they created.
Next week, we will end the unit with a discussion on the Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change. Then we'll spend 3 days reviewing for our unit exam that will take place on Friday, March 3rd.
After the unit ends, I have a fun debate planned after we watch a documentary about the changes that our planet has had over the past 90-100 years. It'll be a great way to just use all of what they learned in the Weather & Climate unit to support their positions in the debate.
Following that debate, we will begin our Astronomy unit. Astronomy will be broken into two parts. The first part will focus on Space Exploration, The Sun, Day, Night, and Seasons.
As always if there are any questions feel free to reach out!
Thank you,
Mr. Silverwood
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