The Moon Phases Activity

Our class has learned more about the phases of the Moon.  We completed a lab where we were able to identify how the position of the Moon in relation to the Earth and Sun affects how much light it (the Moon) will reflect.  This reflection is what causes the Moon to look different from the Earth.

Here are some pictures of our lab.  Enjoy!

Moon Phases

Let's review the Moon's Phases!

• Click on this Brainpop video to review the phases - Brainpop Moon Phases
• In this interactive activity (by Aspire) you must identify how the Moon phase looks from Earth.
• Play this Engineering Interact link to find out more information about our Moon.
• Click on this Harcourt video for an interactive experience about the Moon.

Post a comment and tell me 3 things- 1. which was your favorite activity, 2. why, and 3. what did you learn?

The Moon & Post

Hi Class!  Review The Moon by watching the brainpop video.  Then, take the quiz. 

• BrainPop Moon Phases
• BrainPOP Moon
• BrainPOP Jr. the Moon

Create a post and tell me the phases. Do you recall all of them? Begin your post with New Moon.
Have fun!

Kepler 22b

What an exciting time for us, here, on Earth.  As we learn about Earth & Space Science, it is fascinating to learn that NASA has discovered a new planet that may be habitable.  This means that it may sustain life.  Read more about Kepler 22b! Post any comments about Kepler 22b and any cool Web Sites you would like to share.

• CNN
• Global Post
• NASA

The Moon

We have been learning a lot about the moon. Check out these resources for more information about the moon, it's phases and how it rotates and revolves around the Earth.

• Want to practice the phases of the moon?  Well, go to these web sites and make your own flash cards.  Print them at home and practice with your friends and family.  Show them how much you know!
• Moon Memory Flash Cards by NOBL
• Print and label your moon with these cards by NOBL
• Are you able to complete this Lunar Calendar interactive activity on FOSS Web?
• Go to McGraw-Hill for another interactive experience with the pases of the moon.  It's fun!
• Play this McGraw-Hill video to better understand the moon's rotation and revolution.  This is why we always see the same side of the moon on Earth.

Sun Tracker

Our Class conducted an awesome experiment with a Sun Tracker.  We created a sun dial to find answers about the Sun, Earth and Shadows.

Here are some of our questions.  Do you know the answers?

1. Does the Sun move?
2. How does the Sun cause shadows on Earth?
3. What is the realtionship between the length and direction of a shadow and the sun? ****
4. How do shadows help us tell what time of day it is? ****
5. Why are there shadows inside a classroom with no windows?
6. What would happen to shadows if the Earth stopped revolving around the Sun (winter versus summer)?****

Here are some pictures of our field experiment.


A student tracing the shadow on their team's sun dial.



A Student ensuring that the sun dial is pointing North.




A student observing a golf tee shadow in the morning



A student tracing the golf tee shadow and marking the time.

Seasons and The Tides

We have learned so much about our solar system and our planet Earth.  Let's review the reasons for the seasons and the moon and tides.

• Go to these Brainpop videos and take the quiz.  How did you do?
• BrainPOP Seasons 
• BrainPOP Tides 
• BrainPOP Time Zones 
• BrainPOP South Pole
• Click on this Harcourt video for an interactive experience on the seasons.
• Go to the McGraw-Hill Web Site for an interactive look at seasons.
• Simulate sea level changes due to tides on this interactive Web Site by Interactive Earth ((NOAA Ocean Data Education).
• Find out how moon tides affect ocean tides by selecting this link - Copyright © 2002 By Keith Cooley.

Rotation vs Revolution, Shadows, Seasons and The Sun

Want to clarify the difference between rotation & revolution?  Let's get some more information about this.

1. Learn about shadows at Engineering Interact. This will explain more about roation and how the Earth rotates on it's axis causing shadows.
2. Play this BBC BiteSize game on shadows, then "read more" and take the quiz.  How did you do?
3. Go to Brainpop, watch the video and take the quiz.  How did you score?

BrainPOP Jr. Earth BrainPOP Earth BrainPOP Leap Year BrainPOP Galileo Galilei BrainPOP Jr. the Moon BrainPOP Moon GameUp Chronopticon

The Sun & Solar System

Let's reinforce what you have learned by playing some games and checking out some really cool web sites.

1. Go to Brainpop, watch the video and take the quiz.  What was your score? 
• BrainPOP Jr. the Sun
• BrainPOP Sun
• BrainPOP Jr. Solar System
• BrainPOP Solar System
• BrainPOP Exoplanets
• BrainPOP Jupiter
• BrainPOP Neptune
2. Play this interactive game on Engineering Interact about the solar system.
3. Take an awesome astro adventure on Engineering Interact!
4. Let's play some Brainpop games.  Are you ready?
• GameUp Build a Solar System
• GameUp Fly to Mars
5. Go to this Kids web site for an awesome, fact-filled experience about our solar system by Angela Finer; maintenance by Bill Arnett.
6. Complete the ProProf Brain Games jigsaw puzzle.

Class Presentations - Concave Lens vs Convex Lens

Go to this  website http://www.voki.com/ to create a video to explain the difference between a concave and convex lens.

Good luck and raise your hand when you are ready!

Friction Books Experiment

Last week our class conducted an experiment where we wanted to know which materials increased friction and decreased friction.  First, we pushed a heavy book only on a cardboard and recorded our observations.  Second, we pushed the heavy book on the cardboard over some pencils and recorded our observations.  Lastly, we pushed the heavy book on the cardboard over some marbles and again, recorded our observations. 

We concluded that the marbles had the reduced friction because they are round and smooth and rolled easily on the carpet.  The cardboard alone had the most (increased) friction because the cardboard did not slide easily when pushed.

Fast & Furious Lab

This week we conducted an experiment where we tested if mass would affect the distance our toy car traveled when released from a ramp.  First, we conducted three trials with our toy car and recorded the distance.  Second, we taped five pennies on the top of our car, increasing it's mass, and then releasing it from the top of the ramp.

We concluded that the less mass the toy car has, the farther it will travel. The car with no pennies traveled the longest distance.  The car with pennies traveled the shortest distance.

And More Energy!

We just keep learning so much cool stuff about energy!

1. Go to Engineering Interact to play some fun games about Sound Energy.
2. Watch this Harcourt interactive video to find out how sound reaches you.
3. Now go to Brainpop and watch the videos and take the quiz.  Good luck!
• BrainPOP Sound
• BrainPOP Jr. Sound
4. Let's move on to light energy!  Go to this Brainpop video and learn more.
• BrainPOP Jr. Light
• BrainPOP Light
5. What do sound waves look like?  Click on this fi.edu link to find out more!

All About Solar Energy & Thermal Energy

This week we are learning about energy.  Keep reading to find out more.

1. BrainPOP Heat
2. BrainPOP Solar Energy
3. BrainPOP Jr. Heat

More Forms of Energy

Want to find out more about energy?

1. Click on this BBC link to find out how to make this electric circuit work and complete the flow of electric energy.  Don't forget to take the quiz.  What was your score?
2. Select this BBC link to complete the circuit.  Don't forget to take the quiz.  What was your score?
3. Want to learn all there is to know about sound?  Check this cool web site, The Soundry, for more information.
4. Click on Science Kids for some fun energy facts!
5. Want to try a static electricity experiment?  Click on Science Kids and learn more about it!
6. Watch this video on Science Kids - an Introduction to Electricity.
7. Check out this Lighting Bolt video on Science Kids.
8. Want to watch a cool video about Solar Energy Panels?  Science Kids has it all!

Force & Motion Poster Board with Wordle

Create a poster board with Wordle.  Go to http://www.wordle.net/ and make a poster board using all the words you know from the unit Force & Motion.

Post your comment and tell me the words you used.

Have fun!

Force & Motion

Let's review all we know about force and motion.

1. Here you will review force & motion such as friction, gravity, inertia and don't forget magnetism!

	BrainPOP Jr. Simple Machines
	BrainPOP Jr. Gravity
	BrainPOP Jr. Pushes and Pulls BrainPOP Jr. Magnets BrainPOP Work BrainPOP Power BrainPOP Newton's Laws of Motion BrainPOP Inclined Plane

2.  Watch this Bill Nye YouTube video on friction:

:	3.  Watch this Billy Nye YouTube Video on gravity: 4.  Play this interactive Harcourt game on gravity. 5.  Watch this video -  Bill Nye the Science Guy - A Gravity Demonstration

Dissolving

Create a voki about the process of dissolving using http://www.voki.com/
Raise your hand when you have completed this activity and I will come by to see your presentation.
This is going to be fun!

More about Mechanical Energy

Check out this Youtube video - Bill Nye The Science Guy on Energy (Full Clip)

Mixtures and Solutions

Welcome to Mixtures and Solutions! 

1. Lets do a junk yard analysis.  Click on this FOSS Web interactive game and find out how much you know.
2. Complete The Mixtures Lab by Harcourt Science. 
3. Complete this activity:  BrainPOP Compounds and Mixtures

Conductors and Insulators of Electricity

It's time to find out more about conductors and insulators.  But this time we want to know about them as it relates to electricity.

1. Play this BBC game BiteSize KS2 to find out more about electrical conductors.
2. Click on the link to Kids Korner Web Site to do a Word Search about electricity.
3. Click on the link to Kids Korner Web Site Types of Energy to read all about the different kinds of energy.
4. Click on the link to Kids Korner Web Site to print pictures that you may label and color.  First, make sure you have your teacher or parent's permission.  You must be connected to a printer to print.
5. You can also color on the computer with out having to print.  Just click on this Kids Korner link for the coloring book and pallete.
6. Complete this activity:     BrainPOP Electric Circuits

Conductors and Insulators of Thermal Energy

Welcome to conductors and insulators of energy (heat).

1. Watch this video on conduction on YouTube for an explanation on conductors and insulators of thermal energy.
2.  Click on this power point for a presentation, by Carol Rollins about thermal energy and how it is transferred.
3. Play this activity:  BrainPOP Heat   &   BrainPOP Jr. Heat

Let's Get Attracted to Magnetism!

1. Here is a cool magnetic trick from YouTube
2. Go to Brainpop Jr.  Watch the video and complete the quiz. Post a comment including Name, Homeroom teacher, and what you learned. 
• BrainPOP Jr. Magnets
• BrainPOP Electromagnets
3. Watch more of Bill Nye.  This is what we viewed in class on Week 5:

        



Matter - Density "Some Like it Salty"

Our class conducted a fun lab where we explored relative density between an egg and two different types of water.  Here is a picture of our experiment. Our class of scientists explored and concluded that salt water is more dense than fresh water.  Our egg sank in fresh water and floated in salt water.  We went further and discussed the density in the Dead Sea.  We also compared lake water to ocean water and how a swimming experience might be different in each. It was fun!

Matter - States of Matter Voki

Check out my Voki about the Freezing Point.

Now create your own Voki.  Click here  www.voki.com and have fun!  Raise your hand to share.

Matter - Density

Let's review density (sink or float): 

1. Watch this cool YouTube video on density.  Who sank the boat? by Pamela Allen.
2. Go to this Virtual Lab to see if your items will sink or float.
3. Want to try some magic with science? Okay, it's not really magic.  Check out this cool Denisty Tower game.
4. BrainPOP Jr. Sink or Float

Matter - Physical Properties & States

Lets review what we know.

1. Click on this Harcourt interactive link to review the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas)
2. Go to these Brainpop activities to review.  Then take the graded quiz. Post your comment when you have finished all activites. 
   Student login:
   Username:                springbranchisd_13
   Password:                 brainpop
• BrainPOP States of Matter
• BrainPOP Matter Changing States
• BrainPOP Property Changes
• BrainPOP States of Matter

Post a comment: Tell me your first name only, homeroom teacher, and what you learned.

Raft Rally - Control & Variable

Our class conducted a Raft Rally experiment that was a lot of fun.  The objective of the lesson was to identify the control and variable.

Students, do you remember what was the control in this experiment? and what was the variable?

Post your answer now.

Scientifc Method - What do you know?

This week has been all about the Scientific Method. Let's see how much you know!

1. Click here Scientific Method and put the 5 steps in the correct order.
2. Try this one to! Click on Scientific Method and put the 7 steps in the correct order to uncover the hidden picture.
3. Play Order It! and reinforce the scientific method concepts.
4. Play this Matching Game on Scientific Method vocabulary.
5. Label each part of the Scientific Method by taking this Quiz.  What was your score?
6. Here is another chance to show what you know.  Click here and take this quiz to.
7. Want something more challenging?  Then click here to Learn the Scientific Method through this tutorial and cricket test The website gives good feedback on whether you understand the scientific method.
8. BrainPOP Scientific Method

Have fun!

We are learning about Lab Safety and Tools this week!

Ready to review Science Tools & Safety?  Let's practice some more.

1.  You can use the Interactive practice: Triple Beam Balance website to practice what you have learned!
2. Show me and the class what you Learned.  click on http://www.wordle.net/ and create a poster using all your science vocabulary of safety and tools.  Save this on the desktop and we will present it to the class.

Welcome to RGE Science!

Well, here we are - another fabulous school year!  This year is going to be so much fun with experiments in our state-of-the-art lab and with the use of this interactive forum.

This is a great place to review what we have learned, do research, ask questions, answer questons, and to show your parents and friends what you do in science at Ridgecrest.

Our Ridgecrest Scientists would like to thank the sponsors of our grant for our wonderful lab coats.  We love them!

 

I know you are as excited as I am about this school year and this new adventure.

Are you ready to learn and have fun?  Here we go....!!!!

Investigate These Life Cycles!

Want to investigate different life cycles? You're at the right place!

1. Click on this Harcourt video to see the life cycle of a fern.
2. This Harcourt video will show you the life cycle of a frog.
3. Learn about Seeds, Patterns & Sizes through this Harcourt video.
4. Click here to complete the Life Cycle Web Quest for class or for fun!
5. Check out this YouTube Video on a plant life cycle:

Vocabulary: Life cycle, complete metamorphosis, incomplete metamorphosis, egg, larva, pupa, adult, nymph, offspring, parent, reproduce

Adaptations - Find Out More

1. Click here to read more about adaptations - by Woodlands Junior School & Mandy Borrow.
2. Review adaptations on this cool web site.
3. Play this adaptation game to test your knowledge - by EcoKids.
4. Want to learn about Sharks, Foxes, Racoons, and bears and the adapatations they need to survive? Then click on this Scholastic link to gather facts about these oraganisms.
5. Learn how animals meet their needs in this Harcourt activity.
6. Read about various animal adaptations through Utah Education Network.
7. Read about the evolution of camouflage on this PBS site.
8. Where is Waldo? This is a fun camouflage game that connects you to even more games!
9. Check out this insect camouflage and mimicry.
10. Test your knowledge! Play this interactive game to see how well you understand the four types of camouflage! Seeing Through Camouflage Game - PBS
11. Specialist of Structural and Behavioral Adaptations
12. Master of Migration and Hibernation
13. Explore the many plant adaptations - by Missouri Botanical Garden.

Biomes, Ecosystems and Habitats of the World

Let's explore all there is to know:

1. What's it like where you live? Click here to explore the different biomes and ecosystems.
2. Find out more about ecosystems through Harcourt's Web Site Exploring Ecosystems.
3. Click here for an interactive simulation of biomes of the world.
4. Check out these Land Biomes.
5. Click here for a Harcourt (604) video of World Biomes.
6. Find out how non-living things affect our ecosystem. This Harcourt (413) video will show you many interesting facts!
7. Create the right habitat. Click here.
8. Watch BrainPOP Ecosystems and take the quiz. 
9. Here is another Web Site on PBS Wild Kratts where you can play games and watch videos.  Thanks to a student in my class who told me about it!  Way to go!

Let me know if you find more and I will post them here too!

Did you complete all the items on the list? Great job!

Photosynthesis And The Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle

1. Click on this Harcourt (311) Video for an explanation of photosynthesis.
2. Click here to review Transpiration.
3. Go to this YouTube video to see more on photosynthesis.
4. Watch this YouTube Video on the Oxygen - Carbon Dioxide Cycle:

5.  Take this test and see how well you do - by tnmanning.

Can you find any other websites about photosynthesis? Which ones? Post your response.

Vocabulary Words:
Water, soil, sunlight, energy, roots, leaves, photosynthesis, glucose, oxygen, carbon dioxide

All About Food Chains & Food Webs!

Have you ever wondered what's the difference between a food web and a food chain? Will these links help you find the answer? Lets begin to explore:

1. Look at these food webs in different areas of our planet. Click here to explore.
2. Let's build our own food chain. Click on EcoKids to learn how.
3. Play this food chain game on Kid's Corner. Are you able to label all the parts?
4. Watch this Harcourt (414) video of an Antarctic Ocean Food Web.
5. Want to learn how energy is transferred in a food Pyramid? Click on this Harcourt (314) video to learn.
6. Click on this link to see what happens to a food web/chain when you increase or decrease a population of a species.
7.  Select this link to complete the food chain puzzles - by Zephyrus.
8. Go to this Scholastic Web Site to build your own food web.

Were you able to solve the mystery between a food web and a food chain? Maybe you need to keep exploring. Create a Venn Diagram in your journal to compare and contrast the two.

Vocabulary: Producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, predator, prey

Learn How to Build a Terrarium

Terrariums are a lot of fun to learn about.  We have our own at RGE with Rocky Rex, the turtle. Now it's time for you to be a  scientist at home and build your own terrarium.  Choose your favorite instructions and build your own!

1. Learn how to build a terrarium.  Click on this link, by Storm The Castle - Terrarium Man, to make your own at home!  Terrarium Man also has a Beginners Guide on how to build a terrarium in one hour.  Here is another link - wikihow with more instructions.
2. Look at this video on how to make a worm farm by PBS Kids.

Create a post and tell me about your terrarium.

Alternative Energy Foldable

Make a foldable with these five alternative energy types.  Use the below resources to find any additional information.  You may also use your textbook, study guide, Itouches, and netbooks.  Include a proper definition, two examples of each energy type, and record the advantages/disadvantages of each .

1. Geothermal energy
2. Wind Energy
3. Solar Energy
4. Hydroelectric Energy
5. Biofules

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES

·           Texas Renewable Energy Resource Assessment

   http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/publications/renewenergy/

·  Geothermal Energy -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ6HPobTVFI&feature=related

OR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miOpbL4is8Q&feature=related

·  Wind Energy

-Brainpop: Wind energy

-Greatest Inventions with Bill 

  Nye http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=EC8299F5-51A7-4974-B6D2-44AFECD656D9&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSC

·  Solar energy

-Brainpop Solar Energy

-Greatest Inventions with Bill

  Nye  http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=EC8299F5-51A7-4974-B6D2-44AFECD656D9&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSC

·  Hydroelectric energy

-Greatest Inventions with Bill

  Nye http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=EC8299F5-51A7-4974-B6D2-44AFECD656D9&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSC

·  Biofuels

-Brainpop - Biofuels

Resources - What's Renewable? What's Non-Renewable? Alternative Energy & Conservation

Find out all about resources...

• The State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) Web Site has many links to click and learn more.
• Click here to label the Natural Resources. Do you know what they are?http://www.neok12.com/diagram/Natural-Resources-01.htm
• Play this crossword puzzle of Non-Renewable Resources: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=cwp_nonrenewables
• Solve this crossword puzzle of Renewable Resources:http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=cwp_renewables
• How can kids help save energy?  Well, click on the EERE Web Site to find out more.
• Play these fun energy games on Touch Stone Energy Kids.
• Check out this climate friendly town! Click on Green Peace UK to find out more.
• Go to Brainpop to find out more about natural resources and alternate energy.  Take the quiz and post a comment.
• BrainPOP Natural Resources
• BrainPOP Fossil Fuels
• BrainPOP Energy Sources
• BrainPOP Solar Energy
• BrainPOP Wind Energy
• BrainPOP Biofuels

Soil, Rocks, and Fossils - Get All The facts Here!!

Click here to learn more about soil, fossils and the rock cycle. There is so much to explore!

• Soil Horizons: Learn about different layers of soil in this Harcourt Video (309).
• Discover the 12 different types of soil through this Web Site  - The Earth's Skin.
• Go to this page for an Interactive Rock Cycle experience by learner.org.
• This Harcourt Video (506) shows more about the rock cycle.
• Select this Interactive Rock Cycle Animation by McDougal Littell. 
• Click on this link to find out how fossils are made - by ABC & BBC Walking With Beasts.
• Learn more about fossils, how they are formed, and the different types by selecting BBC Nature - Fossils.
• Go to this Harcourt Video (306) to understand more about fossil formation.
• Learn more about the environments of these fossils by viewing this Harcourt Video (608).
• Read how sedimentary rocks are formed - by Rock Hound and check out the Rock Key.
• Find examples of sedimentary rocks on this Web Site by Oracle: ThinkQuest.
• Complete these Brainpop videos and quizes. 
• BrainPOP Types of Rocks
• BrainPOP Rock Cycle

Awesome Landform Web Sites - let's explore!

Let's explore some more lanforms. Search on the links below for some exciting fun. 

Hey Kids, just click here to go on your virtual tour of caves.  It's super fun! -by Djuna Bewley and Dave Bunnell of GoodEarthGraphics.com

How are sinkholes formed? Click here and find out! -by WaterSheds.org.


Look at this interactive diagram of a cave system by WaterSheds.org.


Here is a labeled diagram. Do you know the answers?

http://www.watersheds.org/earth/karst4.htm

Watch this Harcourt video and learn how the Grand Canyon was formed.

Landforms

We are learning all about landforms this week.  Below you will find some incredible links that will help you explore more on landforms.

1. Go to this link to read and investigate more about landforms - by Southern Kings Consolidated School in Canada.
2. Find the definitions to lanforms on this Enchanted Learning Web Site.
3. Click on this link and the bar on the left will display a list of lanforms.  Select the landform you want to explore - by worldlanforms.com.
4. Select this Harcourt Video to see how a sinkhole is formed.
5. Play this eWord Game by eduplace to learn more!
6. Watch the Brainpop video and take the quiz:
• Brainpop Weathering
• Brainpop Erosion
7. Select this Harcourt video to see the Types of Volcanoes.
8. Find out more about Non-living Factors through this Harcourt video.
9. Check out this video of erosion by Soil Savvy.

Weather Map Resources - Activity

Hi Class!  This is a weather map activity that will take us a few days to complete.  Grab your journals as you explore the world of weather, maps, symbols and predictions.  Explore each section and write down your answers for each letter.  Record your responses in your journal.  Feel free to post a comment and tell me your favorite part.

WEATHER MAP RESOURCES

1. Satellite maps
MAP:United States satellite picture (http://www.usatoday.com/weather/satpic/wsatusa.htm)
BACKGROUND:Satellites give bird's-eye view of clouds

1. What do satellite images show? Why is this information important?

B.     How do we get satellite images? How do satellites travel?

C.     What can meteorologists learn by the shade of the clouds on a satellite image?

2. Radar maps
MAP:North America Radar Image (http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx)
BACKGROUND:Understanding weather radar

1. What does radar show?

B.     How do you use the map key on a radar map?

C.     How do we get radar images?

D.     What are some of the limitations of radar maps?

3. Precipitation maps
MAP:Precipitation (http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wrain.htm)

BACKGROUND:Precipitation: hail, rain, freezing rain, sleet and snowPrecipitation definitions

1. What is precipitation?

B.     What are some examples of precipitation?

C.     Define the different types of precipitation on the map.

D.     What causes different types of precipitation?

4. Temperature maps
MAPS:North America Temperature Forecast (http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp)U.S. Current Temperatures
BACKGROUND:More to temperature than you might think

1. What is temperature? (For the clearest definition, see the “Weather terms” chart in the background article.)

B.     What are the two most important factors in temperature?

C.     Why is it usually cooler at night?

D.     Why does temperature change during the seasons?

5. Wind-speed maps
MAP:Current Winds (http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/currentweatherusnational/uscurrentwindsgusts_large.html)
BACKGROUND:Pressure differences give wind its push

1. Explain the main cause of winds.

B.     Why are some winds stronger than others?

C.     How does wind affect the weather?

D.     How are winds named?

6. Front maps
MAP:Current Surface (http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/currentweatherusnational/index_large.html)

BACKGROUND:This morning's storms, fronts map

1. What is a low-pressure system? What is a high-pressure system? What kind of weather does each typically bring?

B.     What is a cold front? What is a warm front? What types of weather does each typically bring?

C.     Explain how the map key shows each of the terms above.