Understanding Convection Currents

Heated air in our atmosphere expands, becoming less dense. Because it is less dense, it rises upward. Cooler air rushes in to replace the air that lifted up. As warm air rises and cool air falls, a giant circular pattern is created. Eventually the warmer air cools and begins to fall again. _(Kidsgeo.com)


http://safeshare.tv/w/TJGQpBpQMi 

http://safeshare.tv/w/sFJkuMBCTt 



Click here to read about convection currents and weather.
(start reading on page 6 and end on 10)

Layers of the Atmosphere

Read the sites below to learn about the atmosphere.  The information from these sites will allow you to finish the atmosphere activity.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/atmos/layers.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/science/atmosphere.php

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0046-layers-of-the-atmosphere.php
(click on the different pages to learn more)

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-climate.htm
(most of the information about the atmosphere is at the bottom of this website)

Cloud types

Click on the links below to find information regarding clouds:

http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/clouds/ 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/cloudkey.pdf

http://www.clouds-online.com/ 

How much does a cloud weigh?

So...what do you think?  How much does a cloud weigh?

I recently asked that same question to my class.  RM said "as much as a feather." JH first said, "500 pounds" and then immediately changed it to "50 pounds!" AJ said that a cloud probably weighs, "next to nothing."

A majority of my students thought clouds weighed next to nothing. I then asked them how much a hurricane weighs.

Watch this! 
http://safeshare.tv/w/RiYPcPnKGA 

The Water Cycle

Today, we are learning about the water cycle. Students have been learning how to make evaporation go slower and faster.  Then we had a discussion regarding evaporation and condensation as it relates to the water cycle.  The video below gives an overview of some of the terminology students learned today.

http://safeshare.tv/w/EMmPkgssfl

Figurative Language

Today's learning target for readers' workshop was to be able to understand and identify 4 different forms of figurative language: similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification.  

Ask your child about them tonight.

Click here on the link for more information about figurative language.

Quiz yourself here.

Parenting Fair

Walled Lake Schools announces the 2014 Parenting Education Fair is expanding its reach and participation to become the Western Oakland County Parenting Education Fair.

The newly formed partnership with the PTAs and staff from Farmington Schools, Huron Valley Schools, the Oakland County Youth Assistance, Oakland Schools, Walled Lake Schools and West Bloomfield Schools is planning an expanded parenting education experience.

Click here for more information.