Middle School Science Lessons

Adopt a City Lesson 5b

Objectives: “Weather Lab is a tool to help visualize how North America’s weather is formed. This lab is designed to model the complex interactions between air masses and ocean currents, but like all models it represents probable outcomes. Each prediction you make is for possible outcomes during Spring.” ~ Smithsonian

• Resources:
  • Smithsonian Weather Lab Link
  • Google Slides (view only link)
  • Maps Packet (pdf)
  • Data Collection Chart (Google Doc view only – make a copy to edit)

I used this lesson with my 6th graders and it was a great way to visual how air masses interact and are related to weather along with increasing their understanding of air masses.

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