Partner/ Climate--------project
**** THIS IS about National Parks and the type of climate these parks are in.
1. You will do research about 5 parks your team picks.
2. Then you will fine pictures and answer the questions I ve listed below.
3. When you are done, your group will present your project in front of the class.
(national parks)
1. 15 points_____you have 5 pictures/ 1 for each park/ label each.
2. 5 points______you list the State each park is in and a map of EACH.
3. 6 points ______you list what kind of basic climate zone it is in. Also what kind of climate regions or biome park is in. Look at my website too:
_______ZONE ___________________________biome/climate region
( zone = polor, temperate, tropical)
4. 5 points _______ describe the current weather condition of park and if you wish you can summarize all the seasons and weather of one year.
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5. 6 points ______what year was park established and explain what is the park most famous for, or is known for? __________________________
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6. 5 points ______ how far is park from your home in AZ. *use map quest
_____________miles or _________hours to drive to get to park
total = 42 points possible __________your score total **
Part 2: (islands of the World)
***now the topic = islands
1. Your group will do research and pick 5 islands of the World.
2. You will find one picture of each island and answer the questions below.
3. You ll present this in class later.
1. 15 points _______five pictures/ one for each island and they are labeled or named by the picture.
2. 6 points ________where is island ? (what sea surrounds it ? ) and a map picture of its location with respect to rest of the World.
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3. 5 points ________describe the current weather of your island. You can also do extra by describing weather conditions for entire year: ________
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4. 15 points ________show 1-2 pictures of a famous storm of island
5. 4 points ________list the latitude/ longitude of the island_________
6. 5 pts ________ use travel costs of a trip by cruise or flight to your island _____________________________________________________
***50 points possible = ____________________
{ Part 4 Project------ THE BIG PROJECT }
Partners/ small group------------any idea you can have that is weather related:
examples = weather coloring books, weather calenders, famous weather stories in history, a topic such as snowmobiling races in Minnesota, the winter olympics,
making a weather map and give a weather presentation like on TV, reporting a storm report as if you are on TV, all kinds of ideas or optional.
***WE WILL HAVE A CLASS DISCUSSION WITH ANY IDEAS:
1. We will work on this in class the as much as possible. Rest is on your own time. You must work hard in class this week
2. Due date and presentations start on Wednesday of next week !!!!!!!!!!
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****** Final Review over weather topics shown below :
Thunderstorms----= usually form into thunderhead clouds and have heavy rain, thunder and lightning. Most thunderheads form on hot summer afternoons or along a cold front area, sometimes also with hail.
Hail---= round pellets of ice also called hailstones. Starts as ice inside a cold region of a cloud. A strong updraft will move the ice and later they get heavy enough to fall to the ground.
freezing rain- = sometimes raindrops fall through cold air near the ground but don t freeze as they go in the air. Biggest danger is a ice storm!
Tornado or tornadoes = violent storms of rapid whirling funnels that might touch down over land or water. They might touch down for as long as 15 minutes with wind speeds over 100 to close to 200 mph.(F-4, F-5)
Typhoons = those hurricanes that happen in Asia or the Pacific rim
they are as violent as any forms on Earth due to extreme heavy rains due to closeness to our Equator and huge volume of ocean water (Pacific )
they are as violent as any forms on Earth due to extreme heavy rains due to closeness to our Equator and huge volume of ocean water (Pacific )
BLIZZARD and snowbound: during long periods of snow accumulation up to over 1-3 feet of snow. **major winds create those big drifts
Avalanche = large movemet of snow off deep / steep edges of mountain ridges. Due to changes in weather and extreme heat increase of sunshine to soften heavy snow. ***very dangerous to those skiing or hiking in winter
tornado alley (page 83)---cold, dry air of Canada will move south into the warm, moist air Gulf of Mexico. This leads to high chances of fall / spring storms across the "Midwest"
FAMOUS MOVIE --TWISTER gave us the "storm-chasers" knowledge of news people.
FAMOUS MOVIE --TWISTER gave us the "storm-chasers" knowledge of news people.
BELOW IS THE COMPLETE MOVIE "TWISTER" FOR FREE
All of you are so lucky for having me as your "science guy" teacher !!!!!!!!! Enjoy the movie, its a fun ride in storms!!!!
Sandstorms = due to violent wind storms in desert regions around the World, such as ARIZONA there will be sudden movement of sand into large areas of desert.
