Activity Alternatives

Reporting Alternatives

1. Listen to the summary audiotapes of the  Weather and Climate textbook.  Topic: Cloud formation and dew point (tape three (3)).  Use online weather resources from:

www.weather.com

www.msnbc.com/weather           (Auditory)

1. Prepare an oral presentation that would explain how clouds form.

2. Look at the transparencies about cloud formation located in the Weather and Climate textbook and All Together Weather computer program (disk two (2)).

                                                         (Visual)

2. Use the transparencies and computer program information to present a time-lapsed visual presentation on cloud formation to the class.

3. Perform an experiment that would demonstrate how clouds form.

(materials – beaker, room temperature water, ice cubes, stirring rod, thermometer)

1)      Fill beaker with room temperature water

2)      Measure and record water temperature

3)      Add ice cubes to beaker and stir

4)      Continue step three (3) until moisture forms on the beaker

5)      Measure and record temperature

                                                        (Tactile)

3. Report findings to the class answering the following questions:

1)      What does the temperature taken after the moisture appears on the beaker represent?

2)      Would the dew point be the same if you did this experiment on a different day?  Why or why not?

4.  Using a mounted bicycle tire and air pump, demonstrate how air cools as it expands.

Pump up tire and allow air to be rapidly released.  You can feel the difference in the air temperature coming from the tire and the air temperature in the room.

                                                 (Kinesthetic)

4.  Present your findings by performing this demonstration for all students.