Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Rainfall: How and Why

How We Measure It & Why It Matters (Science Club/Weather series of posts)

Wednesday, Apr 5

    last week's K-W-L Charts were our transition into this topic

    read Pink Snow and Other Weird Weather by Jennifer Dussling

    look at and feel hailstone illustration in It Can't Be True: Incredible Tactile Comparisons (DK Braille Books)

    look at illustrations in Sector 7 by David Wiesner, ask students if they recognize any of the cloud names

    read The Verticality of Clouds, take notes on cloud name parts

      height:
      cirro - curl (high)
      alto - high (medium)

      shape:
      strato - bed
      cumulo - heap

      rain bearing:
      nimbo - rain


      The Four Core Types of Clouds
      weather.gov


    print and add Cloud Types graphic to Science Club notebook

    have students work together (in groups of 3 or 4) to make a Cloud Type chart as a team, let them work collaboratively to decide what type of material would work best to represent each kind of cloud

      supplies:
      8 1/2 x 20" sheet of blue paper, pencil
      tape, scissors, glue
      white wool batting
      dark grey wool roving
      cotton squares
      cotton balls
      paper towels
      facial tissues


    Besides the grey wool roving, the rest of the "cloud" materials I gave them were all white. The two grey clouds are the ones that bring rain (and have nimbo in their names).

    "Cumulonimbus clouds are white and fluffy, with gray that can be seen on the inside of the cloud. They can billow very high into the atmosphere. Cumulonimbus are the types of clouds that are thunderheads, very large and dramatic clouds that bring thunderstorms." - from homework.study.com

    "Nimbostratus clouds are dark, grey, featureless layers of cloud, thick enough to block out the Sun." - from metoffice.gov.uk


Wednesday, Apr 12

    review and wrap up humidity and rainfall by reading chapter 3, "Water Everywhere," of The First Book of Weather by Rose Wyler


our previous exploration: humidity

Although there's so much more we could do with Weather, the students are eager to get onto our 2nd topic for Science Club this school year: Mycology! Now that it is Spring, we are going to shift gears and explore the marvelous world of Fungi. Hope these notes have been helpful! Here is the whole set:


Temperature: How and Why blog post
weather instrument: thermometer

    Oct 26, Nov 2, Nov 9

    experiments:
    Exploring Heat in Solids, Liquids, and Gases 1
    Exploring Heat in Solids, Liquids, and Gases 2

    another experiment option could be
    Create a Thermometer


Air Pressure: How and Why blog post
weather instrument: barometer


Wind Direction: How and Why blog post
weather instrument: windvane


Wind Speed: How and Why blog post
weather instrument: anemometer


Humidity: How and Why blog post
weather instrument: hygrometer
weather instrument: weather stick


Rainfall: How and Why blog post
weather instrument: rain gauge

    Apr 5, Apr 12


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