8/9/2019 Sea Breeze and Land Breeze LFGDFSesson Plan
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The difference between sea breeze and land breeze
Lesson Plan providing an experiment which helps explain the
different between sea
breeze and land breezeBy: Craig OConnell and Jac !ord
A. State Standards Addresseda" #tandard $"%: &he st'dent
will demonstrate an 'nderstanding of
technological design and scientific in('iry) incl'ding process
sills)
mathematical thining) controlled investigative design and
analysis) andproblem solving"
i" *ndicator $+%"%: ,se appropriate tools and instr'ments
-incl'ding a
spring scale) beam balance) barometer) and sling
psychrometer.
safely and acc'rately when cond'cting a controlled
scientificinvestigation
ii" *ndicator $+%"/: ,se a technological design process to plan
and
prod'ce a sol'tion to a problem or a prod'ct -incl'ding
identifying
a problem) designing a sol'tion or a prod'ct) implementing
adesign) and eval'ating the sol'tion or the prod'ct."
iii" *ndicator $+%"0: ,se appropriate safety proced'res
whencond'cting investigations
b" #tandard $"/: &he st'dent will demonstrate an
'nderstanding of the
relationship between 1arths atmospheric properties and processes
and its
weather and climate" -1arth #cience.i" *ndicator $+/"/:
#'mmarize the relationship of the movement of
air masses) high and low press're systems) and frontal
bo'ndaries
to storms -incl'ding th'nderstorms) h'rricanes) and tornadoes.
andother weather conditions"
ii" *ndicator $+/"2: 1xplain how convection affects weather
patternsand climate
B. Objectives
a" #t'dents will learn characteristics abo't warm air and cold
airb" #t'dents will learn abo't the movement of air of different
temperat'res"
c" #t'dents will cond'ct an experiment demonstrating how the
earth heats 'p
thro'gho't a 3/ ho'r cycle
d" #t'dents will 'se mathematical techni('es to create a graph
so they canvis'alize the daily trends in the heating of the
earth
C. Lesson Plan
a" Engage. &he lesson will begin with a ('ic PowerPoint
presentation" &he
PowerPoint presentation will introd'ce the st'dents to the
characteristics
of cold air and warm air) the movement of cold and warm air) and
how theheating of the earth leads to land breezes and sea breezes"
4 ('ic video
will be shown to demonstrate these types of breezes to reinforce
the
concept to the st'dents" &he video can be fo'nd at:
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b" Explore.4fter the video) an experiment pertaining to the
heating of the
1arths s'rfaces will be demonstrated" *t is essential for
st'dents to
'nderstand the difference between the heating of land vers's
water andhow this translates to air movement" &o demonstrate
this concept the
st'dents will cond'ct the following experiment -Please see #ea
Breeze and
Land Breeze Lesson Plan 1xperiment." 4s st'dents progress
thro'gh theexperiment) they will be recording a step by step
methodology) a res'lts
section) and a concl'sion section to help each st'dent
'nderstand the
process that scientists go thro'gh to cond'ct and complete an
experiment"
Steps of experiment
i" *nstr'ctor will have st'dents pair off into two person
gro'ps
ii" Prior to the experiment) st'dents will be ased to
hypothesize
abo't the heating of 1arths s'rfaces" hat st'dents m'st gain in
terms of
the experiment is that the land heats and cools m'ch faster than
the water"
#o d'ring the day -while heat lamp is on.) the land will heat 'p
faster thanthe water" &he warm air above the land rises)
ca'sing the cooler above the
ocean to tae its place" 4s the warm air increases in altit'de)
it slowly
cools and falls bac down" &his is a land breeze -to f'lly
'nderstand this)st'dents m'st remember that cold air is denser than
warm air) warm air
rises) and an increase in altit'de will decrease the temperat're
of the air."
4lso) st'dents will tae meas'rements with the heat lamp off
-thisrepresents nighttime." #t'dents will notice that once again)
the land
changes temperat're the fastest and cools m'ch faster than the
water" &his
means that the warmer air above the water will rise) and the
cooler air
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