How Do We Decide ''Weather'' Or Not To Proceed With a Trip?

by: Deena Kramarczyk and Kim Kastens

In this Data Puzzle, students will observe how temperature, dew point, pressure, and wind direction change over time, and they will interpret this suite of related changes as due to the passage of a cold front. They will recognize relationships among the variables and get a sense of cause and effect. They will then use their understanding to predict temperature changes for a different location based on data provided about wind and pressure changes. This puzzle works well in an Earth science or meteorology course.

Grade Levels

High School Middle School

Topics

Aerospace Earth & Space Science Mathematics

Details

Type Book ChapterPub Date 11/1/2010Stock # PB286X_2

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