Let's Explore Seasonal Patterns

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• Predict

• what is

  happening in the atmosphere at a certain place and time

• Mrs. Jamison

• The best 4th grade science and social studies teacher at BSE

• Predict

• say what will happen in the future

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What is the Coriolis Effect?

• A scientific phenomenon that impacts how wind and water currents more on the earth.

• Is easy to see.

• Only happens when the earth stops spinning.

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How does the Coriolis effect impact the weather where we live?

• The Coriolis effect makes

  wind and water currents in

  different hemispheres move

  in opposite directions.

• The Coriolis effect does not impact me at all.

• The Coriolis effect only impacts tornados.

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Texas gets big storms because.....

• it's near the Gulf of Mexico and warm and moist air from the Gulf travels north.

• it's near the Atlantic Ocean and cold and dry air from the ocean travels east.

• people in Texas love big storms so they happen a lot.

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How was data help climatologists or weather scientists?

• Patterns can tell them about changes in the weather and what it might be like in the future.

• Patterns aren't helpful to weather scientists.

• Patterns tell us exactly what day it will rain.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match to the tool to it's use:

• camera

• measure how much rainwater an area gets after a storm

• ruler

• document observations and weather events

• thermometer

• show temperature in degrees Fahrenheit or Celcius

Match the following

• 4

• a change in the weather during a specific time of the year

• pattern

• number of seasons in a year

• season

• something that repeats itself over and over again

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How do the Japanese celebrate spring?

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Match the following

• cold and snowy

• Texas, Florida summers

• sunny and warm

• Texas, Florida winters

• extreme heat and humidity

• New York, Michigan, Washington winters

• mild

• New York, Michigan, Washington summers

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Why do farmers study the seasons?

30 sec video

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