Weather Project Nichols Science
I. Research one of the following weather instruments and write a two paragraph description in your own words. Cite your sources and include a picture with labels.
A. Barometer
B. Anemometer
C. Hygrometer
D. Psychrometer
E. Wind vane
F. Rain Gauge
You may look in Encarta, an encyclopedia, or try http://library.thinkquest.org/11641/ . Another site is http://schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/techlabindex.html .
II. Choose one of the following weather lore items and discuss whether it is based on science or superstition. Write a paragraph about the one you chose. Make an inference about how or why it might be true.
A. Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning; red sky at night, sailorsÕ delight.
B. If the moon shows a silver shield, be not afraid to reap your field, but if she rises haloed round, soon weÕll tread on rainy ground.
C. Ring around the moon, the sign of rain; the larger the ring, the nearer the rain.
D. Dew on grass at night or in early morning is a sign of fair weather.
E. Crickets act like a thermometer, chirping faster as temperature rises. Adding 37 to the number of chirps in 15 seconds will give you the temperature in Fahrenheit degrees.
F. The wider the middle brown band on the woolly bear caterpillar, the milder the winter will be.
G. When the leaves turn their backs to you, rain will be there soon.
You may use http://library.thinkquest.org/C003765/english/simple/.
III. Choose one of the following topics to research. Write a one-page paper in your own words about the topic. Answer questions such as what it is, how it is formed, and important and interesting facts in your paper. Include a visual aid.
A. Air Masses
B. Thunderstorms
C. Air Pressure
D. Global Winds
E. Fronts
F. Sea and Land Breezes
G. Hurricanes
H. Rainbows
I. Lightning
J. Floods
You may use an encyclopedia, Encarta, or one of these sites;
www.miamisci.org/hurricane/howhurrworks.html , http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/, www.geom.uiuc.edu/education/calc-init/rainbow/reflection.html , www.noaa.gov/lightning.html , www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lightning.html , http://library.thinkquest.org/18424/f_homepagel.html .
IV. Track the weather for any city anywhere in the world for one week. Fill out the chart using the correct symbols.
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Humidity |
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Wind Conditions |
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City: __________________________ Country: _________________________
Name ______________________________________ Period ______________
WEATHER TYPE CLOUD COVER
Rain Clear Skies
Thunderstorm Partly Cloudy
Fog Cloudy
Smog
Frost
Snow
WIND CONDITIONS
Calm
Breezy
Windy
Very Windy