Introduction on Weather
This subject sampler will give you information about weather and how it changes from day to day. This sample will introduce things that may cause changes in the weather. This website may be used to learn more about weather and what we can do as individuals to affect our weather patterns. To complete the activities on the website you will have to use what you know as well as the informationa given to you on the page. The links used on this webpage are from different viewpoints and prospectives. This webpage will educate you and challegnge what you know about weather. Enjoy!
Ribbon in the Sky!!!!
The traditional description of the rainbow is that it is made up of seven colors - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Actually, the rainbow is a whole continuum of colors from red to violet and even beyond the colors that the eye can see. The colors of the rainbow arise from two basic facts:
- Sunlight is made up of the whole range of colors that the eye can detect. The range of sunlight colors, when combined, looks white to the eye. This property of sunlight was first demonstrated by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666.
- Light of different colors is refracted by different amounts when it passes from one medium (air, for example) into another (water or glass, for example).
Interactive Games on Weather
1.) Click on the pencil and work your way through the maze. (weather preparedness)
http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/template/tem_popup_game.cfm?category=Mazes&med_id=30667 (See if you can manuever through the maze to get to the safe house and out of the storm)
2.) http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/weather_games/sc-sun-and-heat-unscramble.html (unscrabble words about weather)
3.) http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/weather_games/sc-tornado-spelling.html (Spell words about the weather and beat your time!!)
Classroom fun on weather
http://geology.com/teacher/weather.shtml Click on this website to enjoy experiments on creating weather like experiences in the classroom.
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/lesson1.shtml Click on this link to create a weather station in your classroom to observe and record daily.
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/lesson4.shtml click on this link interpret information indentify any trends in weather patterns
Greenhouse Effect
This section provides an overview of the earth's atmospheric "greenhouse effect" by briefly exploring the atmospheres of nearby planets and discussing our atmosphere's greenhouse gases. The general concepts found in this section include the following:
- The earth's "greenhouse effect" is what makes this planet suitable for life as we know it.
- The earth's atmosphere contains trace gases, some of which absorb heat. These gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and nitrous oxide) are referred to as "greenhouse gases."
- Albedo has an important influence on the earth's temperature.
- Qyuestions about the Greenhouse Effect. Let's Gpd Green!!
- Greenhouses are structures designed to retain heat.
- The heat-trapping ability of a greenhouse is influenced by a number of factors including the transparency of the greenhouse cover, color of the surfaces inside the greenhouse, and type of surfaces inside.