Students interact during a class discussion about mountains, plateaus, hills, and plains. Students read introduction information about latitude and longitude. Global Melon Activity. Students watch and discuss a classroom demonstration of the causes of daylight versus nighttime, changes in the amount of daylight, and seasonal changes. Objective 5 Students will be able to identify different climates and locations of the world by collecting and analyzing data.
Students share conclusions and trends with other groups.
Five Paragraph Paper and Presentation 3. Climate Model of Nebraska 4. Students will be able to describe how the mass of molecules in the atmosphere above them creates air pressure. Students will be able to explain what particles combine to make atoms and identify the two particles responsible for the majority of their mass. Students will use a periodic chart with its atomic numbers, masses and symbols to calculate the numbers of electrons, neutrons and protons in an atom.