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All About Winter Weather (MS-HS)

Students will investigate the properties and characteristics of winter hazards such as blowing snow and blizzards that impact the region.

objectives

Students will learn:
• Basics about interpreting weather maps
• The types and properties of winter storms that impact the region
• Why the region is the blizzard capital of the United States
• Characteristics of snowflakes and what conditions determine their properties.
• How optical phenomena like halos and sundogs form
• Impacts of blizzards and snow on the region

Topic(s)

Atmospheric sciences

type

MS/HS activity

6-12

Grade(s): 

time needed

4 hours

author

Sunday Academy

national next gen standards

north dakota standards

K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
K-ESS3-2: Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for and respond to weather.
3-ESS2-1: Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe and predict typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
MS-ESS2-5: Use data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
HS-ESS2-2: Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth's surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.
HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

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Fargo, ND 58102

Phone: (701) 231-8400

Mailing/billing address
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NDSU Dept. 4450
PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050

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