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Open Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling Lesson PlanOpen Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling Lesson Plan
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5th - 7th
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Open Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling

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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 and fourth lesson sets, students explain mesoscale weather systems and climate-level patterns of precipitation.

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air, clouds, precipitation, storms, water vapor

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air masses, climate patterns, openscied: 6.3 weather, climate & water cycling, mesoscale weather systems, weather and climate

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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