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Meteorology and Weather PAC Objectives Activity 1 1-1. Explore the basic elements of atmosphere and weather. 1-2. Consider what makes weather important in the field of agriculture. 1-3. Differentiate between risk and uncertainty. 1-4. Identify various risk management strategies farm managers use. 1-5. Discover how a weather station is assembled. 1-6. Obtain and record readings from the school’s weather station. Activity 2 2-1. Discover the basic elements of atmospheric movement. 2-2. Discover convection using a solar bag. 2-3. Define convection. 2-4. Define climate. 2-5. Consider how climate is helpful in both initial and daily decisions the agriculturalist makes. 2-6. Obtain and record readings from the school's weather station. 2-7. Explore the career of landscaping. Activity 3 3-1. Discover the main types of large scale air masses. 3-2. Define front. 3-3. Identify different types of fronts. 3-4. Practice forecasting the weather using your knowledge of air masses and fronts. 3-5. Explore fronts in the front-in-a-box experiment. 3-6. Obtain and record weather readings from the school's weather station. 3-7. Discover a career in meteorology. Activity 4 4-1. Determine the connection between air pressure and wind. 4-2. Explore the Coriolis Effect. 4-3. Discover the connection between wind and agriculture. 4-4. Examine and interpret weather maps. 4-5. Obtain and record weather readings from the school's weather station. Activity 5 5-1. Discover the cloud formation process. 5-2. Identify the different types of clouds. 5-3. Consider how it is possible to predict the weather by analyzing the clouds. 5-4. Explore clouds with the cloud-in-a-box experiment. 5-5. Obtain and record readings from the school's weather station. Activity 6 6-1. Explore the role of moisture in weather and weather forecasting. 6-2. Discover the different types of precipitation. 6-3. Consider the effect of precipitation on agriculture. 6-4. Obtain and record weather readings from the school's weather station. Activity 7 7-1. Identify modern forecasting tools. 7-2. Discover how advances in technology have improved weather forecasting. 7-3. Examine different types of satellite images. 7-4. Obtain and record readings from the school's weather station. Activity 8 8-1. Discover thunderstorms. 8-2. Examine the causes of thunderstorms. 8-3. Identify properties of severe thunderstorms. 8-4. Determine how lightning is formed. 8-5. Obtain and record readings from the school's weather station. Activity 9 9-1. Define hurricanes and tornadoes. 9-2. Discover the scales used to measure hurricanes and tornadoes. 9-3. Observe an example of a vortex. 9-4. Obtain and record readings from the school's weather station. Activity 10 10-1. Examine major weather phenomena that affect agriculture. 10-2. Discover frost. 10-3. Explore careers in agricultural science. 10-4. Obtain and record readings from the school's weather station. In Activity 15, students will take the Vocabulary Test and the Post-test. The objectives for the challenges in Activity 10 through Activity 15 of this PAC include: Challenge 1 You will conduct research on a career of your choice in the meteorology field. Share your findings in a presentation. Challenge 2 Research the causes and effects of acid rain on agriculture. If possible, you will test the pH of a sample of rain water. Challenge 3 You will make a map of your home country that will display the various climates that affect plant and animal life. Challenge 4 Conduct a search on the web for weather-related information and events that affect the field of agriculture. Challenge 5 You will develop a method of presentation on different cloud types and the type of weather associated with each. |
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