5 Star Tex' Weather Challenge

Day 3: More Meteorology Tools

Task 1

Each weather team will be given a weather instrument. Click on the link below your team for instructions on how to make that weather tool.

Team 1 = Anemometer
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/weatherproj/Introductory_Activity_Lessons/making_an_anemometer.html

Team 2 = Barometer
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/barometer.html

Team 3 = Rain Gauge
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/rainmeasure.html

Team 4 = Weather Vane
http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/weather/makevane.shtml

Team 5 = Wind Sock/Streamer
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/windstreamer.html

Team 6 = Thermometer
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/experiments-thermometer.htm

Your team will present your weather tool to the class. You will tell us:

a. What is your tool?
b. What does it do?
c. How did you make it?
d. If you can, show us how it works.

Team Bats Day 3 – Weather Instrument Inspection Narrative

Task

Each team member records a narrative on each instrument using audacity

Questions to answer:

• How does it feel?
• Smell?
• Dimensions?
• Size?
• Shape?, etc..

Narrative should be at least 2 minutes in length

Accomodations:  Special Education Aide

• Gets headsets ready for students
• Gets Audacity ready for students
• Records their responses
• Saves audio response in their class folder

Resources: Audacity Tutorial in Youtube -> http://youtu.be/7ZjaTebJVPA