Be a meteorologist by building your own anemometer. An anemometer measures wind speed. Click on the picture to find the directions. Bring your anemometer to class.
Chapter 6: Water Cycle and Weather
Essential Question: How does Earth's water affect weather? Vocabulary: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, humidity, front, meteorologist, barometer, anemometer, wind vane.
Watch a video about air masses and fronts.
Click to learn about Earth's climate.
Click to learn about weather instruments.
Watch a video about the distribution of water on Earth.
Chapter 7: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Essential Question: How do storms affect Earth's air, water, land, and living things? Vocabulary: hurricane, tropical depression, tropical storm, storm surge, tornado, vortex.
Click to learn all about hurricanes.
Click to learn about how hurricanes affect living things.
Click to learn about safety when playing outside during severe weather. Recommended by Alex, thank you!
Chapter 8: Minerals and Rocks
Essential Question: How can rocks tell us about Earth's past, present, and future? Vocabulary: minerals, luster, sediment, sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks.
Click to practice identifying rocks and minerals.
Click to watch the animated rock cycle.
Click to play a rock cycle game.
Chapter 9: Changes to Earth's Surface
Essential Question: How is Earth's surface shaped and reshaped? Vocabulary: landform, weathering, erosion, deposition, landslide, volcano, fault, earthquake, epicenter.
Become a scientist who studies earthquakes.
Click on the volcano to read more facts about volcanoes.
Click here to read about a plan for a landslide.
Click here to learn facts about landslides.
Chapter 10: Using Natural Resources
Essential Question: How can living things always have the natural resources they need? Vocabulary: solar energy, humus, solar cells, ore, fossil fuels, petroleum, conservation, recycling.