Weather Scavenger Hunt

 

1. What is weather?

(Once at the web site, look for the word weather)

2. What are the names of the different clouds?

3. Draw a picture of clouds that are curly or fibrous and label it.
Draw a picture of
clouds that are flat and/or layered and label it.
Draw a picture of
clouds that are puffy and piled up and label it.

4. Why do clouds float when there is gravity?

5. What is the water cycle?
(When you get to the website click on the brain pop circle, then pick a movie and find water cycle to play the movie.)

6. What causes rain?

7. Write down some interesting facts about hurricanes.

8. Draw a picture of what the clouds look like during a hurricane.

9. Tell me about thunderstorms and tornadoes.

10. Draw a picture of what a tornado looks like.

11. What is a weather station?

a. What is needed in a weather station to measure air pressure?
(When you get to the web site, click on air pressure.)

b. What is needed in a weather station to measure moisture?

(When you get to the web site, click on moisture.)

c. What is needed in a weather station to measure temperature?

(When you get to the web site, click on project materials.)

d. What are all the tools you might need to watch the wind more clearly?

(When you get to the web site, click on wind.)

 

 

 


 

  

 

 

 

All of the graphics. Available http://www.gifs.net/animate/giflist.htm, March 15, 2000