clouds teacher workshop
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Clouds
Source: Grant Petty
Source: Wikimedia Commons
What are clouds anyway?
Gases in the Atmosphere
What are clouds made out of?
Make it Rain Model
Water Cycling in the Atmosphere
Revisit your Picture This sketch
Why do clouds form up in the air?
Color Swirls Model
Convection in the Atmosphere
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Convection in the Atmosphere
Convection in the Atmosphere
Brooks/Cole
Revisit your Picture This sketch
Why does rising air lead to condensation?
The atmosphere is made of matter
Its weight exerts a
pressure on the
surface
How could you show pressure differences
in a bottle?
more
pressure
less
pressure
Revisit your Picture This sketch
NGSS Shift: Learning vs. Figuring Out
Learning about a science idea
Knowing about convection, the water cycle, phase changes, and clouds.
Figuring out how and why it works
Developing a model that explains how clouds form because energy makes matter cycle in the atmosphere Being able to describe why clouds are made of water
Being able to explain how clouds form in the air
Being able to trace the matter and energy within the atmosphere system