Weather and Climate Experiments (Facts on File Science Experiments) - Hardcover

Walker Ed.S., Pam; Wood, Elaine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816078084 ISBN 13: 9780816078080

Publisher: Facts On File, 2009

Synopsis

Study of the weather and climate helps students understand weather conditions and the science behind weather research. Temperature, barometric pressure, wind, and precipitation are just a few of the types of data routinely collected and analyzed by meteorologists. By studying weather, students can understand more about what is going on in the world around them. They can also learn to appreciate the work that scientists put into gathering weather data and making accurate predictions. ""Weather and Climate Experiments"" offers students the opportunity to carry out hands-on activities using weather instruments similar to the ones used by experts. Through experimentation, students make hypotheses, collect and interpret data, draw conclusions, and share their information with others. The text contains 20 proven classroom experiments that broaden students' understanding of both science facts and the nature of science. Appropriate for both middle and high school classes, the investigations are enjoyable and interesting. Activities include investigations of the effects of water's high heat capacity on temperatures, worldwide weather phenomena, and the levels of two weather and climate factors that are impacted by human activities.

About this title

About the Author:

PAMELA WALKER, former academic librarian, college English teacher, and assistant director of the Center for the Study of Cultures at Rice University, lives in Houston, Texas. LINDA WALSH is a landscape and documentary photographer living in Houston, Texas

About this edition

• Publisher: Facts On File
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0816078084
• ISBN 13: 9780816078080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 148