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.