Module 3 Lesson 4

We are learning...
that temperature differences in the in the air cause changes in air pressure.

We can make the connection between air temperatures and the formation of wind.

In our notebook....

Think back...
last lesson we claimed that the air is colder the higher you are in the atmosphere.

Poll

I predict that there will be ______ temperatures at 12 noon.

• lower

• higher

Poll

I predict that there will be _______ wind speeds at 12 noon.

• faster

• slower

If you needed to collect data to answer the question "Why is the air near the ground warmer than the air higher up?"....what would you do and why?

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Now, we will plan an "investigation".

Open Ended

What data should we collect and why?

Open Ended

What tools would we use to collect this data?

If we collected data from each of these red bubbles....what would be similar between them all? What would be different in each?

Investigation

Open Ended

Use these questions to write a sentence that summarizes your investigation data into a claim.