Warm and Cold Air

For this warm and cold air worksheet, 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 worksheet, 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.  For this science lesson, students perform 4 experiments using balloons to determine that the molecules of warm air are more spread out than those of cold air.

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

Students investigate the concept of rising air in the formation of clouds and precipitation. In this rising air lesson plan, students conduct an experiment with hot and cold water that shows how warm water rises due to thermal buoyancy....

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.

Students conduct an experiment to discover what happens to air when it is heated or cooled, discover that wind moves from a high-pressure area (an area of sinking air) to a low pressure area (an area of rising air).

Students 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 simulate the movement of cold and warm fronts as they listen to a story about the weather and Mr. Sun. They brainstorm the characteristics of each type of front then write about which front they would prefer if they were a...

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