Week 11: Weather - Science Methods II (Addy Junge)

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Week 11: Weather

1. What did you do in lab today?​

  • At the start of our lab, we filled out our formative assessment! Then we talked in a group about the water cycle and made our poster without using any resources. After that, we talked about the water cycle as a class, to discuss things we may have missed. This topic set us up for talking about the weather and what it is. We talked about common sayings or sightings in the past that would help people determine future weather patterns. This led to the talk of convection cells, air pressure, and moisture. We then did a reverse jigsaw with a different group researching about warm, cold, stationary, and occluded fronts. For our homework this week, we are determining whether weather apps are accurate when AI is incorporated. 
2. What was the big question?
  • I would say the big question is "What is weather and how does it play a part in our environment?"
3. What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion?​
  • Here are my notes from our lecture:
    • EXAM!
4. Read the online textbook:
  1. What did you learn?​
    • Something I learned more about in the book was the types of fronts. I feel like we only touched on fronts a little bit during lab, but this way, I got to learn all of them as opposed to my group's assigned front (warm front). I also read a little bit more on wind and how that ties into the heating process of Earth's surface. It was nice to see the visuals of this topic. I feel like wind can get complicated when it is simply explained, but with the images, it helped me understand the unevenness of the heat. 
  2. What was most helpful?​
    • The most helpful aspect in this chapter was the section "How to Read a Weather Map" and all the different symbols. It was especially helpful to see an example of a weather map right below it to see how it is incorporated in real time. 
  3. What do you need more information on?​
    • I think I need a little more clarification and examples on the water cycle. 
5. What questions, concerns, and/or comments do you have?
  • A question that I continue to have is what sublimation and desublimation are, and where they happen in the water cycle.

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