All About Winter Weather (MS)

In this lesson students will investigate the properties and characteristics of winter hazards that impact North Dakota including blowing snow and blizzards. Students will have the opportunity to analyze and identify the conditions that create certain types of snow as well as with weather hazards.

objectives

• Students will be able to analyze the relationship between humidity and temperature in relationship to snow formation.
• Students will be able use evidence from data they have collected to identify winter weather hazards.

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Topic(s)

Regional Climate Studies

type

Middle school lesson

6-8

Grade(s):

time needed

Four 50 minute periods

author

Jeni Peterson

national next gen standards

• MS-ESS2-5 Earth's Systems- Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
• MS-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity- Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.

north dakota standards

• Performance Standard MS-ESS2-5 Use data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions

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