Open Doors Student´s name ______________________

AREA: Science - 6th Grade - BOOK: “HSP-SCIENCE. Harcourt School Publishers –6th GRADE” -

TOPICS – CHAPTER 10: EARTH´S WEATHER PATTERNS.

ACHIEVEMENT :

 I understand that factors in the atmosphere interact to cause changes in weather conditions and may cause sudden and severe storms.

EVALUATION STRATEGIES:

Evaluation observation (development of the class, participation, individual and group performance)
Participation in socialization of results obtained in the various activities of the area and in the analysis of applied problems.

ACHIEVEMENTS INDICATORS

 I mention what makes up the atmosphere and how the sun affects the atmosphere
 I determine how air masses affect weather and what factors affect climate
 I explain how meteorologists study weather conditions and how severe storms are formed
 Week 5 ACTIVITIES – LESSON 1 – What makes up the Atmosphere?

Watch on internet this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv7OHfpIRfU Climate change or other about

(according global warming and write a paragraph about it.
 Read pages 456 and 457 and answer the following questions:
What are the five layers of the atmosphere?

What makes up the atmosphere?

 Read page 458 and watch a video about Global Warming and answer the following questions:
How does the sun affects the atmosphere and the Earth?

Why is the equator warmer than the North Pole?

 Draw and complete a graphic organizer to show details about layers of the atmosphere and some effects the sun has on
the atmosphere, then explain it to your classmates. You can use visual aids as drawings, pictures, etc.

WEEK 6 ACTIVITIES – LESSON 2 – What is Weather?

 Write in your notebook the vocabulary of page 461 or the vocabulary that you consider new or unknown for you, and do in
your house the activity “Investigate” page 460.
 Do the guided Inquiry of pages 462 and 463 and draw your conclusions about it.
 Read pages 464 and 465 and answer the following questions:
What causes differences in air pressure at Earth´s surface?

 Read pages 466 and 467 and answer What causes thunderstorms?
 Go to this weblink http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/610/deploy/interface.html and after that do a
poster explaining the different types of clouds, and explain it to your classmates.
 Read page 469 and answer this question:
What causes wind?

 Read page 470 and answer What effects have El niño events had on South America?
 Draw and complete a graphic organizer in a poster to show How air masses affect weather, and what factors affect
 climate. And show it to your classmates.

Week 7

ACTIVITIES – LESSON 3 – How can you track severe storms?

 Write and draw in your notebook the vocabulary of page 473 or the vocabulary that you consider new or unknown for you.
 Choose one of these articles and read it Then write a paragraph about this
http://www.scilinks.org/Harcourt_Hsp/HspStudentRetrieve.aspx?Code=HSP604
 Read pages 476 and 477 and answer What equipment is used to collect weather date in the troposphere?
 Read pages 478 - 482 and do a presentation about this reading in power point.
Answer: Why do thunderstorms stop?
What are three ways hurricanes cause damage?
What are the dangers of blizzards to people?
How do meteorologists study weather conditions?
 How do severe storms form?
Solve the Review and test preparation of pages 486 and 487