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Steve Culivan Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP) NASA John C. Stennis Space Center

Teacher Learning Journey Webinar. Hands-On Weather Science Activities. Steve Culivan Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP) NASA John C. Stennis Space Center stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov. The Nature of the Atmosphere. Earth ’ s atmosphere is a thin layer of gases 78% nitrogen

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Steve Culivan Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP) NASA John C. Stennis Space Center

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  1. Teacher Learning Journey Webinar Hands-On Weather Science Activities Steve Culivan Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP) NASA John C. Stennis Space Center stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov Aerospace Education Services Project

  2. The Nature of the Atmosphere • Earth’s atmosphere is a thin layer of gases • 78% nitrogen • 21% oxygen • 1% other gases Aerospace Education Services Project

  3. What is Weather? How the atmosphere behaves over minutes, hours, days, season to season. We predict and measure weather conditions: temperature humidity precipitation cloudiness brightness visibility wind atmospheric pressure Aerospace Education Services Project

  4. Weather vs. Climate Weather refers to the current atmospheric conditions (including temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity, barometric pressure) at a particular time and place. Climate refers to the general weather patterns expected in a given area (sometimes based on the 30 year average weather). Climate may also be applied more generally to large-scale weather patterns in time or space (e.g., an Ice Age climate or a tropical climate). Aerospace Education Services Project

  5. scool.larc.nasa.gov/ Aerospace Education Services Project Aerospace Education Services Project

  6. globe.gov Aerospace Education Services Project Aerospace Education Services Project

  7. The Cloud Triangle • Clouds can be defined by: • Their shape & form • The cloud base altitude • If they are precipitating Aerospace Education Services Project

  8. Estimating Percentages Cloud Cover Isolated10 - 25% Scattered25 - 50% Broken50 - 90% No Clouds 0% Clear 0 - 10% Overcast >90% Contrail Cover No Contrails 0% 0-10% >50% 10-25% 25-50% Aerospace Education Services Project

  9. GLOBE “Cloud Cover” Activity 30% http://www.globe.gov/documents/348614/353086/atla-cloudcover.pdf Aerospace Education Services Project

  10. “Cloud In a Bottle” Activity Meteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9 Aerospace Education Services Project

  11. “Building a Barometer” Activity Aerospace Education Services Project Meteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9

  12. GLOBE “Building A Thermometer” Activity Straw Initial Water Level Clay Plug 1 Liter Bottle 2 Liter Bottle HotWater Level Clay Aerospace Education Services Project http://www.globe.gov/documents/348614/353086/atla-therm.pdf

  13. “Surface Color and Effect of Temperature Change” Activity Meteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9 Aerospace Education Services Project

  14. “Heat Island” Investigation 85.0 85.2 85.4 86.5 88.0 87.4 86.4 87.1 88.5 90.6 92.0 91.9 90.5 88.5 88.2 87.5 85.9 85.0 84.9 84.9 88.9 3 2 1 8 4 7 6 9 5 12 19 15 11 18 14 10 17 13 20 16 Distance (miles) (covered over @20 minutes time by research aircraft measuring surface temperature) What is the reason for this temperature pattern? Aerospace Education Services Project

  15. “Heat Island” Investigation Atlanta, GA What is the reason for this temperature pattern? Aerospace Education Services Project NASA Mission Geography “Why Is the City Hot” Investigation

  16. mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/ Aerospace Education Services Project

  17. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasaviz/index.html Aerospace Education Services Project

  18. www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/index.html Aerospace Education Services Project

  19. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/main/index.html Aerospace Education Services Project

  20. HurricaneHunters.com Aerospace Education Services Project

  21. cab.inta-csic.es/rems/marsweather.html Aerospace Education Services Project

  22. Teacher Learning Journey Webinar Hands-On Weather Science Activities Questions / Answers / Comments Steve Culivan Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP) NASA John C. Stennis Space Center stephen.p.culivan@nasa.gov Aerospace Education Services Project

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