Droehm Team:
Learning Is a Journey
Quest 1: What drives the weather?
Q1P1: Self Assess
1. Get the Cells Learning Target Page from the front table. (It looks like this)
2. Read the skills and the bullet points associated with them. Then, self assess using S, M, P, and L.
3. Remember to self assess on the FRONT and BACK of the page.
4. Clip the paper in your binder so you don't lose it!
Show Mrs. Roehm your Learning Target Page and tell her the target you already know the most about and the target you are most excited to learn about.
Q1P2: Heat Transfer Labs
Complete the Heat Transfer Labs by following these Directions/Procedures.
As you complete the labs, complete this google form. You can review this slide deck for information about Conduction, Convection and Radiation.
Absent Students ONLY: Watch this video in order to see what happens in the labs.
Show Mrs. Roehm your score on your Google Form Responses.
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Q1P3: What factors create the biggest storms?
Big Idea: Rain clouds are formed when water vapor in rising air cools and condenses.
1. Go get a Storm Folder and paper lab document from Mrs. Roehm.
2. In the Storm Folder, there is data for storms in 5 different towns. Each town has two storms (Storm 1 and Storm 2).
3. You will have to look at the pictures to see which storm was the biggest (or which storm had the most rain).
4. Lay out the laminated pages from each city. Look for patterns in the data. In each city, try to determine the factor that is causing the biggest storm to be bigger than the other.
Tips:
- You will need to look for patterns between all the variables for each city (Like comparing Storm 1 to Storm 2 in Dayton).
- You will also need to compare variables across all the cities (Like comparing the Air Pressure in Dayton to the air pressure in Greenville to the Air Pressure in San Angelo)
- When you look at the "Temperature of the Surrounding Area" Variable, you need to also compare the "Temperature" to the "Temperature of the Surrounding Area." Essentially - compare the first two rows of data for the "Temperature of the Surrounding Area" row on your paper.
- There is a typo on Greenville - Storm 1 should have 10 mph wind and Storm 2 should have 25 mph
5. When you find a pattern that indicates a factor that produces the biggest storm, add it to your lab document/data table.
6. Show Mrs. Roehm your completed data table and get a signature.
Q1P4: How do clouds form?
Watch this video to learn about how clouds form.
Then, on a piece of paper, write the steps of how a cloud forms.
Show Mrs. Roehm your paper with the written steps. You will keep these as notes to study from.
Q1P5: Dew The Dew
Before doing the labs, Read this text about humidity and dew point.
After reading the document, complete the lab procedure below for Dew the Dew and All Bottled Up.
Procedure for Dew the Dew:
1. Fill the can about halfway with room-temperature water. Make sure the outside of the can is dry.
2. Place the thermometer in the can and record the temperature.
3. Add a few ice cubes. Carefully watch the outside of the can to become "cloudy" (like if you wiped your finger on it, it would make a line in the water or your finger would become wet). At the very first moment you notice the "cloudiness," record the temperature. This is the dew point temperature. If the can does not become cloudy within a couple of minutes, add more ice cubes until you see the condensation form.
4. Repeat steps 1 - 3 OUTSIDE in the courtyard. If it doesn't get "cloudy" outside, you may have to add more ice cubes than you had to add inside.
5. Record the temperature.
All Bottled Up! Procedure:
1. Fill the 2-liter bottle one-third of warm water.
3. Light a match (Wearing goggles of course!) and hold the match near the opening of the bottle.
4. Drop the match in the bottle and quickly put on the cap. Make sure you trap the smoke inside the bottle.
5. Slowly squeeze the bottle hard and release. Observe. You can watch this video to see what should happen.
6. Once you have formed your cloud inside the bottle, take the cap off of the bottle and slowly squeeze. You should see a cloud coming out of the bottle!
You do not need to check in for this post. Mrs. Roehm will sign for this when you check in post 6.
Q1P6: Dew The Dew and All Bottled Up Lab Questions
Complete this Google Form based on the Dew the Dew and All Bottled Up Labs.
Show Mrs. Roehm your score.