Class Notes:

1.) Energy Transfer (stars 4/9) Energy Transfer between the Sun, Earth and our atmosphere (Powerpoint for guided notes)  Energy Guided Notes (Blank)

 2.) Weather Variables (starts 4/24) (Temp, Pressure, Wind, Dew Point, Humidity, Cloud Cover) Weather Variables Powerpoint  Weather Variables Guided Notes (Blank)

 3.) Weather Patterns (starts 5/8) Weather Patterns Powerpoint   Weather Patterns Guided Notes (Blank)

4.) Tornadoes vs. Hurricanes (If you missed notes from class, these notes were hand written, not guided): SEE LESSON VIDEO BELOW

5.) Patterns of Climate (5/29 and 5/30) : Patterns of Climate Powerpoint   Guided Notes (Blank)

6.) The Water Cycle/Ground Water Movement: Powerpoint Notes   Blank Guided Notes

Labs:  

1.) Differential Absorption via Radiation-Color/Texture/Specific Heat: Class Investigation (4/8-4/11)

2.) Temperature, Pressure, and Wind (Isotherms and Isobars) Lab  (4/24- 4/25) Isobars/Isotherms Lab

3.) Dewpoint, Humidity and Cloud Base Altitude (4/29-5/3): Moisture Lab

 4.) Synoptic Weather Maps/Frontal Positions (starts on 5/13-5/17): Synoptic Weather Maps (Isobars, Therms, Wind Patterns, Air masses and Fronts)

Classwork/HW Review Sheets: 

Dew Point and Relative Humidity Charts

Weather Variables Class Checkpoint Questions (regents) - Temp, Pressure, Wind, Dew Point, Relative Humidity

Coriolis Effect and Prevailing Wind Patterns

Air Masses and Fronts

Patterns of Climate

Permeability, Capillarity, Retention and Porosity Checkpoint Questions

 

Lesson Videos for Absences or Review:

Energy Transfer (Radiation, Conduction, Convection)

The Greenhouse Effect/Global Warming

Relationships between weather variables (ex: as temperature increases, pressure decreases)

High and Low Pressure Systems

Winds (covers isobars, gradient, direction and deflection on Earth)

Dew Point and Relative Humidity

Understanding the Station Model (Weather stations page 13 ESRT)

Understanding the Monsoons (Shifting of Pressure Belts)

Understanding Wind: H-L, Seabreeze vs. landbreeze, Prevailing Wind Belts (pg. 13 ESRT) and the Coriolis Force

Air Masses

Frontal Systems (Cold, Warm, Occluded Stationary Fronts)

Hurricanes Vs. Tornadoes

What is the Jet Stream?

Patterns of Climate (latitude, altitude, orographic effect, coastal vs. continental...)

The Water Cycle

Ground Water- Porosity, Permeability, Capillarity