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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Student BYOD Resource Page M/J COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE 1 Course Code: 200204001

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE: N: Nature of Science; E: Earth and Space Science

TOPIC I: Practice of Science in Weather

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ESSENTIAL CONTENT OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS

A. Scientific Investigations  Students will evaluate a scientific investigation using Core Text Book: Pearson Interactive Science Florida Ch. 1. Controlled Experiments evidence of scientific thinking and/or problem solving. 1.5, Ch.2.1 (pg. 59), Ch. 2.4. a.Variables  Students will distinguish between an experiment and 2. Other Investigations other types of scientific investigations where variables a.Models cannot be controlled. Vocabulary: evidence, hypothesis, controlled experiment, i. Limitations of weather models  Identify the role of models in tracking and predicting test variable, outcome variable, controlled variables, ii. Reliability of weather events. systematic observations, models, replication. iii. Comparing different weather models  Explain why scientific investigations should be replicable. b.Systematic Observations Technology: B. Changes to Scientific Knowledge 1. Pearson My Science Online - Interactive Art : Ch. 1.1 1. Based on new evidence Why make a model? Pearson Directed VL: What is 2. Importance of replication scientific inquiry? Ch. 1.5 2. CPALMS: Three Hole bottle 3. BrainPOP: Critical reasoning, Scientific method 4. Study Jams: Scientific theory and evidence 5. Ted-Ed : How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries 6. How is a controlled experiment performed? 7. Which colors of the light spectrum are most important for plant growth?

SC.6.N.1.1 Growing plants SC.6.N.1.3 SC.6.N.3.4 Relative Humidity LAFS.68.RST.3.

Division of Academics – Department of Science Page 3 of 6 First Nine Weeks MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Student BYOD Resource Page M/J COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE 1 Course Code: 200204001 Hurricanes Inside the Storm Advancement and Challenges in Meteorology Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes Protective Measures Hurricanes: Earth's Key to Regulating Temperature Natural Disaster Preparations Hurricane Tracking Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms National Hurricane Center, Satellites, and Hurricane Monitoring Tornado Safety Rules What are Thunderstorms? Weather Forecasts How Do Thunderstorms Form? Hurricane Hunters How Thunderstorms are Good for the Earth Importance of the Hurricane Eye Lightning: How It Happens and How to Stay Safe Hurricane Simulator Updrafts and Hail Property Damage Downdrafts, Precipitation, Downbursts, and Microbursts Storm Surge Flash Floods Investigating Ancient Hurricanes Tornadoes Flash Floods Video Tornadoes' and Hurricanes' Roles in Nature Failed Levees Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Thunderstorms: Nature's Most Powerful Destroyed in Seconds Storms Los Corales Flood Thunderstorms Slow-rising Floods Tornadoes Tragedy in New Orleans Hurricanes and Humans Hurricane Ike All About Tornadoes and Tornado Alley Hurricane Scale Storm Chasers and the Vortex Project Hurricane Formation Storm Surges, Flash Floods, and Other Types of Flooding From Category Two to Category Four Monsoons and Other Storms News in Brief: Missouri River Floods A Segment of: Video Yearbook Collection: 1946 Storm Surge: Hurricane Katrina The Catastrophe of Floods: Attempting to Tame the Mighty Mississippi Mudslides in Taiwan Receding Water Bares Wholesale Flood Destruction Coping with Natural Disasters How Does a TV Meteorologist Change Maps on TV and Predict Weather? Hurricane tracks The Sacramento Flood of 1850. Hurricanes and the Coriolis effect Uprooted trees from flood Image Hurricane season; 1886-1993 frequency by month Flood of '93; flood wall Hurricane on weather map Flood of '93; sandbagging Hurricane circulation

Exploration Create a Hurricane

Reading The Benefits of Hurricanes In the Flood Zone Passage Weather: What Is a Hurricane? Interactive weather evidence Glossary atmosphere latitude pressure longitudinal

precipitation

All activities are hyperlinked.

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