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Climate and Weather
Lesson 2
Add: Sun and Water

Things start to heat up in this second Climate and Weather lesson, literally, as the sun and its relationship to weather is explored. Of course, without water, there wouldn’t be much of a weather story, so its role is investigated as well. All the concepts come together in a fun convection activity.

Student Objectives

  • Relating weather to the uneven heating of the atmosphere
  • Comparing and contrasting the three basic methods of heat transfer
  • Explaining how water enters and moves through the atmosphere
  • Explaining how clouds form
  • Classifying clouds based on shape, elevation and type of weather they indicate
Tell Me About Lesson 3 View PDF of Lesson 2’s ACTIViewer recording sheets