Warm and Cold Air

In this warm and cold air activity, students list the characteristics of both warm and cold air, and draw a warm and cold weather front.

In this warm air versus cold air activity, students conduct an experiment with water color in warm air and cold air. students complete 4 activities.

Students discover that warm air takes up more space than cold air.  In this science instructional activity, students perform 4 experiments using balloons to determine that the molecules of warm air are more spread out than those of cold...

In this air masses activity, students read two paragraphs about air masses, cold fronts, warm fronts, and stationary fronts. They answer five short answer questions about the reading.

Students experiment with bunsen burners and beakers of water to see how the earth's atmosphere acts like a thermometer. They explain how temperature causes movement in the air and how warm and cold fronts cause weather changes.

In this convection currents instructional activity, students draw, cut and decorate a spiral snake on a sheet of paper. Students attach a piece of thread to its head and hang it over a hot radiator and watch the snake spin as the warm...

Did you know more than two-thirds of Earth's tornadoes occur in the united States? Watch a video that explains how tornadoes form due to fast moving warm and cold air, and the unpredictability and dangers of twisters.

Learners are given maps depicting two or more air masses and they then categorize bodies of air by temperature and moisture characteristics. They recognize large regions of similar type air. Students are given a map of air temperatures...

Students examine what happens to air when it is heated or cooled. They conduct an experiment using bottles and balloons, record and discuss their observations, and write a hypothesis.

In this cold quiz worksheet, students complete a six question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about cold places and cold weather.