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Competency Goals:: 3: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of weather and climate.
Objectives:
3.01: Investigate the water cycle including the processes of:
Evaporation.
Condensation.
Precipitation.
Run-off. 3.02: Discuss and determine how the following are affected by predictable patterns of weather:
Temperature.
Wind direction and speed.
Precipitation.
Cloud cover.
Air pressure. 3.03: Describe and analyze the formation of various types of clouds and discuss their relation to weather systems. 3.04: Explain how global atmospheric movement patterns affect local weather. 3.05: Compile and use weather data to establish a climate record and reveal any trends. 3.06: Discuss and determine the influence of geography on weather and climate:
Mountains
Sea breezes
Water bodies.
Evaporation.
Condensation.
Precipitation.
Run-off. 3.02: Discuss and determine how the following are affected by predictable patterns of weather:
Temperature.
Wind direction and speed.
Precipitation.
Cloud cover.
Air pressure. 3.03: Describe and analyze the formation of various types of clouds and discuss their relation to weather systems. 3.04: Explain how global atmospheric movement patterns affect local weather. 3.05: Compile and use weather data to establish a climate record and reveal any trends. 3.06: Discuss and determine the influence of geography on weather and climate:
Mountains
Sea breezes
Water bodies.