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Weather Factor Lesson 8. Key Question. 1. How do differences in air pressure cause local winds?. Student Objective Friday, August 8, 2014. Objective: SWBAT describe how air pressure differences cause local winds. Homework: “Winds” Guided Reading & Study Worksheet. Warm Up.

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  1. Weather Factor Lesson8 Key Question 1. How do differences in air pressure cause local winds?

  2. Student ObjectiveFriday, August 8, 2014 • Objective: SWBAT describe how air pressure differences cause local winds. • Homework: “Winds” Guided Reading & Study Worksheet

  3. Warm Up Think about a time when you have flown a kite or seen someone else fly a kite. • What made the kite fly? • Write your own definition of wind.

  4. Today’s Activities • Review warm up • Review the “Land and Water” lab • CyberEd: “Weather and Atmospheric Processes” – review of convection currents • Read and observe animation of land & sea breezes (Slide 5) • Complete the Land and Sea Breezes WS • CyberEd review to reinforce the lesson

  5. Activities • View Animation: Land and Sea Breezes ES1903 • Land & Sea Breezes Worksheet-Teacher guided • Draw in the direction of air flow • Label the land & sea breeze • Indicate the areas of high and low pressure • Think about: • Why do clouds form over land during the day? • Why do the clouds disappear at night? • Why does the ocean temperature remain constant?

  6. What type of breeze is occurring? Winds

  7. What type of breeze is occurring? Winds

  8. Conclusions • Often people fly kites at the beach because there is a constant breeze along the shore. Using today’s notes explain why this local wind occurs.

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