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Task  10 – Wind & Air Pressure (Updated)

1. Record today’s Weather, yesterday’s Hi/Lo/Precipitation, & Astronomy Data (link) (excel).
2. On your mini-map (pdf)
   • record the WSM and add it to the classroom map of the USA (pdf)
   • color in the precipitation
   • draw the fronts (using blue and red dotted lines), along with H and L, for today (link)
     • go to the WunderMap, click “U.S. Fronts” and “Weather Stations” (link)
     • What do you notice about the temperatures on either side of the fronts and the location of the precipitation?

A) Wind & Air Pressure

1. Use the following resources to learn about wind and air pressure to complete your worksheet (pdf)
   1. BrainPOP – Wind (link)
   2. Study Jams -Air Pressure & Wind (link)
   3. Pages 53-59 in your Weather Guide about Wind
   4.  Pages 124-125 in your Weather Guide about the Beaufort Wind Scale
   5. Pages 60-67 in your Weather Guide about High and Low Pressure

B) Bernoulli’s Principle – try it out!

1. Bernoulli’s Principle (link): complete 3 of the activities posted (I will supply the materials) and write 3-5 sentences for each activity using google doc or lined paper describing what you did and what you learned by doing each activity.
2. How does wind and air pressure allow us to fly? BrainPOP Flight Movie (link)