Linking to Weather
As a result of their observations and experiences, students should be
ready to understand that, although they live "ON" Earth, they
live "IN" air. They may need your help in beginning to understand
that the weather conditions they experience, the ones that scientists
measure and track, are actually air or atmospheric conditions that we
refer to as weather. The properties of air that have been addressed in
these activities (i.e. that air is matter; exerts force on things, takes
up space and exerts pressure) are just some of the properties that influence
weather.
In further experiments, you will invite your students to make air measurements
and atmospheric observations similar to those used by scientists to make
predictions about everyday weather.
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