8Th Grade Weather and Climate Unit

Weekly Weather Forecast

8th Grade Weather and Climate Unit

 Script for the evening weekly news from any city in the world

outside of the US.

 Use maps, graphs and weather symbols, pairs will create 3-5 minute weather report (temperature, dew point, wind direction and speed, cloud coverage, and air pressure)

 Research community or international event or festival in chosen city

 Prepare a map using a poster or other media format to show the pressure patterns, the position of fronts, areas of precipitation, as well as dangerous weather and weather patterns.

 In your weather forecast, include an explanation about why these forms of weather occur

 Pairs will research weather conditions of that chosen region at the time of the cultural event for 3-5 consecutive years to determine average conditions

 Also research types of severe weather conditions common for that area, and the types of damage that system has caused or could cause to lives and property

 Include advice for the viewers on how the weather may affect an upcoming local community event and how to prepare for severe weather, possibly what they should do or where should they go in the event of severe weather during the event

Items that should be completed and turned in after forecast presented:

 Rubric

 A 3-5 minute video/in person presentation of a weather forecast. This will be shown to your tv audience (the class)  Pairs: one person is the meteorologist in the newscast studio and the other is reporting from the field. Field reporter will focus on weather and cover cultural event.

 MLA Format bibliography of online and text resources used to create your presentation

TV Script Should Contain:

Step 1: Introduce yourself and your station identification. Use a hook to grab attention: joke, anecdote, weather trivia, a weather record from the past or an obscure weather fact/term.

Step 2: The review of current weather conditions in the country and in your city:

One a large map of your region:

 Report on any fronts going through, and therefore precipitation or chance of storms.

 Describe what high or low pressure is and how it affects the chance of precipitation.

On a large map of your local area:

 Report on the current temperature in your region and your city.

 Report on high and low temperatures of that day. Describe how and what is causing these temperatures. (fronts and moving air masses)

Step 3: On a large chart, the forecast for the next 5 days need to include:

 Highs and lows temperatures for each day

 Expected precipitation

Step 4: The upcoming weather may affect many local activities in your city. You will need to report on specific local cultural community event or activity and mention how the weather may affect the event. Your advice on preparing for the weather can be very important to your viewers. You need to report on what the viewers can do to prepare for the upcoming weather. Again, don’t forget that the ultimate goal here is saving lives and protecting property. If you are working as a pair, this is when the studio will cut to the person in the field to learn more about the cultural event occurring, and the impact of the weather forecast. If you are working alone, you will include this information from the studio.

Severe Weather In Region ______

What does this severe weather look like?

What is happening in the atmosphere to cause it?

What are the results or dangers this weather presents?

What safety plan did you develop for this severe weather condition? Resources:

MLA Citation

Example: http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website/create

"Severe Storms Will Continue into Early Friday." NOAA. National Center for Environmental Predicton, 3 Oct. 2014. Web. 3 Oct. 2014. .