Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Air Is Matter
It's difficult at times for younger young scholars to realize that air has mass. Matter is something that has volume (takes up space) and has mass (*can be weighed). Air does take up space, even if we can't see it, and air has weight,...
Oklahoma Mesonet
University of Oklahoma: Overview of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma explores numerous types of weather and atmospheric changes, as well as the reasons behind them. Content details the four seasons, common meteorological variables, the vertical structure of the atmosphere, how...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Fronts
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the weather fronts that occur when two air masses collide. Includes downloadable handouts.
Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture (Samoa) Government
Mesc: Samoa School Net: Forces to Make Weather: Weather & Water Cycle
Explains three forces of nature and how they impact the weather. These include infrared rays from the sun, differences in air pressure, and wind flow when hot and cold air masses meet. Supported by lots of visuals.
Other
Eea: Air Monitoring
Find the current air quality in Massachusettes, and learn more about air pollution, air quality forecast, and governmental guidelines on air.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Local Weather
This tutorial investigates how weather is influenced by the jet stream and air masses.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Weather Front
This Wikipedia site tells all about weather fronts, or boundaries between two air masses with differing characteristics. Includes many hyperlinked terms to additional information on related subjects.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Explanation of an Occluded Front With Diagram
Explains what an occluded front is and how it forms when three air masses interact.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Air Got to Do With It?
Students are introduced to the concepts of air pollution and air quality. The three lesson parts focus on the prerequisites for understanding air pollution. First, students use M&Ms to create a pie graph that expresses their...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Air Resistance
Young scholars use the Motion Detector to measure the effect of air resistance on falling objects. They determine how air resistance and mass affect the terminal velocity of a falling object and then choose a force model that fits the data.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Is Air Matter?
A quick lab experiment to determine if air has mass and can be considered matter. This activity can be part of a unit of matter. Lesson plan includes instructions for a format for a mini lab report and student instruction sheet.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Air Is All Around You
In this science lesson students will be asked the question, "Does air take up space?" and "Does air have weight?" Students will conduct experiments that prove that air has mass, takes up space, and exerts pressure.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Fronts
With the study of weather we need to know that there is air mass like fronts that change weather. This site shows us the different kinds of fronts that we experience.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Fronts
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the fronts that occur when two air masses collide.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Hot Air Balloon
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about Newton's 2nd Law - the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration for a hot air balloon using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available....
Other
Pete's Potpourri: Numerical Weather Prediction in Faq
This site discusses weather forecast computer modeling, or numerical weather prediction (NWP). It also discusses the development of the concept of front and air masses, as well as which computer forecast models are currently being used...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere
In this unit, students learn the basics about weather and the atmosphere. They investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and the choices available to us for clothing to counteract the effects of weather. Students have...
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Mass Hung on a Spring
Experiment to see how air resistance affects the periodic motion of a mass on a spring.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Frontal Depressions
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart showing the separate stages of a frontal depression with reference to the weather charts that plot them, diagrams of the air masses that are moved around in them, and also of the cloud...
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling
Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? This unit contains four separate lesson sets built around answering this question. In the first two lesson sets, students explain small-scale storms. In the third...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Weather Conditions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a beginning of a unit on weather. The flipchart contains information about fronts, air masses, and wind. There is an assessment quiz at the end.
USA Today
Usa Today: Understanding Air Density and Its Effects
In simple terms, density is the mass of anything - including air - divided by the volume it occupies. In the metric system, which scientists use, we usually measure density in terms of kilograms per cubic meter. The air's density depends...
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Juan Trippe
One-page profile of influential innovator, Juan Trippe, whose vision and ideas revolutionized air travel with the birth of mass aviation and Pan American Airways.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Pirates: What Are Some Forces Around Us?
Covers the meanings of force, friction, and gravity, and the differences between magnetic and elastic spring force, and between weight and mass. The effect of air resistance on an object's motion is also touched upon.
Other popular searches
- Air Masses and Fronts
- Weather Fronts Air Masses
- Cold Air Masses
- Air Masses and Weather
- Weather Air Masses
- Weather Fronts and Air Masses
- Air Masses Oklahoma
- Polar Air Masses
- Air Masses Collide
- Air Masses Fronts
- Air Masses, Fronts
- Air Masses and Air Fronts