6th GRADE SCIENCE - Findlay City Schools

BENCHMARK: Describe interactions of matter and energy throughout thelithosphere hydrosphere and atmosphere (e.g., water cycle, weather andpollution).TOPIC/UNIT: 8 th : Earth/Earth SystemsTime Line: 3 weeksIndicator 7: Make simple weather predictions based on the changing cloudtypes associated with frontal systems.Indicator 8: Determine how weather observations and measurements arecombined to produce weather maps and that data for a specific location atone point in time can be displayed in a station model.Indicator 9: Read a weather map to interpret local, regional and nationalweather.KNOW• The effects of airtemperature and humidity oncloud formation.• The cloud types and theweather associated with thosecloud types.• What the jet stream is.• The relationship betweenweather conditions and thetypes of precipitation.• The terms and symbolsassociated with weather maps(e.g., front, barometricpressures, high, low, isobars,precipitation, temperature,wind direction).DO• Given pictures/drawings ofvarious clouds be able to namethe cloud type and theweather associated with thatcloud type.• Given weather information beable to construct a weathermap.• Given a current weather map,be able to predict weather forthe next day.