Weather: How Does Air Warm Up?

This experiment will model how sunlight striking the Earth’s surface warms the air around us. Students will investigate how surfaces of differing reflectivity determine how much sunlight is absorbed and converted to heat which in turn serves to warm the adjacent air.

This is lesson 3 in the fifth grade unit on weather. The lesson uses weather sensors and connects computer science concepts within the lesson.
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Subject(s): Mathematics, Science
Grade Level(s): 5
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, Computers for Students, Sensors/Probeware
Instructional Time: 80 Minute(s)
Keywords: temperature, temperature graph, weather, weather observation, pressure, pressure graph, weather chart, sensors, LUX, light intensity, sunlight, sunlight intensity, Sun, Scratch, Scratch programming, Mantis, Mantis Climate Sensor, graph, graphing, scale, code, computer science, axis, x axis, y axis
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan
Instructional Design Framework(s): Guided Inquiry (Level 3)
Resource Collection: CPALMS Computer Science Lessons Using Mantis Sensors

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Students will make conclusions about the properties of air based on the data they've recorded from their experiments.

This is lesson 1 for the air pressure component of a 5th grade unit on weather. The lesson uses weather sensors and connects computer science concepts within the lesson.

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This is lesson 1 for the air pressure component of a 5th grade unit on weather. The lesson uses weather sensors and connects computer science concepts within the lesson.

Type: Lesson Plan

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Learn about relative humidity: how to measure it, what causes it to change, and why it is an important component of our weather. This is lesson 2 in a fifth grade unit on weather and has two inquiry based experiments for students. The lesson uses weather sensors and connects computer science concepts within the lesson

Type: Lesson Plan