The Wow's and Why's of Weather

by Carson, Mary Kay

• ISBN13: 9780590365086
• ISBN10: 0590365088
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (T)

Summary

Hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms... This exciting, idea-packed book for teaching about weather includes the latest science info, simple hands-on activities, ready-to-use patterns for an easy-to-make weather station, cool weather career close-ups, Internet connections, and more.

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(3)
The Air Around Us
Background Information	7	(4)
Activities
Air Is Everywhere (properties of air)	11	(1)
Balancing Balloons (properties of air)	12	(1)
Pressure vs. Pencil (air pressure)	13	(1)
Build a Weather Station (barometer)	14	(1)
Tracking Down Andrew (Storm Science: Hurricanes)	15	(1)
Screening Out the Sun (Weather and the Environment: Ozone Layer Depletion)	16	(1)
Reproducible Pages	17	(4)
The Sun and the Seasons
Background Information	21	(4)
Activities
Full of Hot Air (air masses)	25	(1)
Build a Weather Station (thermometer)	26	(1)
Monsoon Map (Storm Science: Monsoons)	27	(1)
Hothouse Heat-Up (Weather and the Environment: Global Climate Change)	28	(1)
Reproducible Pages	29	(4)
Clouds and Rain
Background Information	33	(5)
Activities
Cycling Water and Heat (the water cycle)	38	(1)
Cloud Key (clouds)	39	(1)
Mapping Out Rain and Snow (precipitation patterns)	40	(1)
Do the Dew Point (dew point)	40	(1)
Build a Weather Station (rain gauge)	41	(1)
Build a Weather Station (psychrometer)	42	(1)
Static Sensor (Storm Science: Lightning)	43	(1)
Testing for Trouble (Weather and the Environment: Acid Rain)	44	(1)
Reproducible Pages	45	(6)
Wind-Air on the Move
Background Information	51	(4)
Activities
Reading the Wind (wind speed)	55	(1)
Feeling the Chill (windchill)	55	(1)
Build a Weather Station (anemometer)	56	(1)
Build a Weather Station (wind vane)	57	(1)
The Power of Wind (wind strength)	58	(1)
Twister Totals (Storm Science: Tornadoes)	59	(1)
Inverting Air (Weather and the Environment: Air Pollution/Thermal Inversions)	60	(1)
Reproducible Pages	61	(6)
Weather Watching & Forecasting
Background Information	67	(4)
Activities
Mapping It Out (weather maps)	71	(1)
Build a Weather Station (classroom weather station)	72	(1)
Winter Warnings (storm safety)	73	(1)
Water Warm-Up (Weather and the Environment: El Nino)	74	(1)
Fact or Folklore? (weather lore)	75	(1)
Investigate a Weather Career (science careers)	76	(1)
Poster: ``What Causes These Wacky Weather Events?'' (bound in center)	76	(4)
Reproducible Pages	80
Additional Resources (inside back cover)
= activity with a reproducible