Air+&+Weather

Objectives:

 * Tell how air moves objects
 * Use a thermometer to measure air temperature.
 * Observe and record cloud patterns.
 * Take weather measurements.
 * Construct an instrument for obtaining measurements and collecting data about weather.
 * Describe weather changes that occur from day to day.
 * Describe weather changes that occur with the seasons.
 * Describe why understanding weather is important.
 * Show how weather affects our daily lives.

Excellent websites to visit:
Brainpop on polluted air BrainPop Tornado animated learning movie BrainPopJr collection of weather subjects with fun quizzes

The above was originally published October 10, 2011 at http://teachers.saschina.org/mromard/2011/10/10/do-you-know-air-weather/ We are studying air and weather for science. Here are things we are not sure or have no idea. Please help us discover the answer:
 * How can we control the weather?
 * Sean: How many kinds of air are there?
 * Celine: Why can’t we see air?
 * Mana: How is air made?
 * Mana: How is a cloud made?
 * Mana: Why does the weather change?
 * Pearl: How does it snow and rain?
 * Pearl: How does the sun look so close if it’s far away?
 * Celine: How does the sun shine?
 * Ethan: How can we change the temperature?
 * Celine: How do the clouds stay in the sky?
 * Eric: How does the air keep us alive?
 * Zetian: How does the weather come? How does it change from cloud to sun?
 * Bill: When did air start? Will it ever go away?
 * Erik: How many scientists study the weather?
 * Erik: How many particles are in the air?
 * Carleigh: How does rain fall?
 * Zachary: How does too much oxygen kill us?
 * Eric: What does partly sunny mean?
 * Justin: How do airplanes fly?
 * Justin: How do birds fly?
 * Sean: Why is it colder the higher up you get, if you are getting closer to the sun?
 * Bill: How is a hurricane formed?
 * Bill: How is a tornado made?
 * Eric: How does a kite fly?
 * Mana & Bill: How is thunder and lightning made?
 * Mana & Bill: Do you have to have clouds for lightning?
 * Mana: Does it have to have rain for lightning?
 * Bethany: Has it ever snowed in the Philippines?
 * Bill: Why is it hottest around the Equator?
 * Ryan: How are forest fires made by lightning?
 * Zachary: How is lightning made?
 * Mr. Romard: How do submarines use air to travel underwater?

Experiments to try at home:
How to suck an egg into a bottle!