Final Blog

Since we are off next Monday for Memorial Day and we will be presenting our projects the rest of the week, I believe this will be our last blog.  With that being said, what did you think about blogging this year?  Did you like doing it or dislike doing it?  Do you wish we could have done it more or less?  Is there something else you wish I would have posted about?  Any recommendations on how I could do this better next year?  Finally, what was your favorite post that we did this year?
As your 7th grade year comes to a close, what have you enjoyed this year?  What was your favorite thing we did in science?  What do you wish we could have covered?  What would you do different?
Thanks for a great year!  
I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have!  Good Luck in the 8th grade!!

Create a Weather Map

Go to the following link.  Under the words weather activities, click in the green area where it says 'click here to start'.
Create a weather map based upon the forecast!


Weather Map

Tornados

We have talked quite a bit about tornadoes this year.  With all of the destruction that occurred down south a few weeks ago lets take a look at what a tornado actually is.  Check out the following link.

Tornado

Leave a post telling me ........
What is a tornado? How do tornadoes form?  How do tornadoes stop?  What is a supercell thunderstorm?  What is a mesocyclone?  What is a wall cloud?  What are the levels on the fujita tornado scale of intensity?  What happens at the different levels?

What is Lightning?

As we study weather and take a look at all that it entails, one often asks, what causes the lightning we see in the sky?  What IS lightning?  Check out the following link and learn all about what lightning is.




Lightning
Leave a post about what you learned.  What is lightning?  What causes it to occur?  What was the most interesting thing you read on this site?  How far away can you see lightning?  What is cloud-to-ground lightning?  What is intercloud lightning?  What is high altitude lightning?  What is St. Elmo's Fire?  How can you tell how far away a storm is?  What are some lightning safety tips?

Web Weather for Kids

Go to the link below and click on Hurricanes.  How do hurricanes effect our lives?  How do hurricanes form.  Click on Tornadoes/Thunderstorms.  How do thunderstorms and lightning form?  How are they related to Tornadoes?  While you are on this web-site you can play a the cloud matching game or cloud concentration.  What are the ingredients for weather?  Search through this site and see if you can predict how far away a thunderstorm is.


Web Weather

Flood Gates

The Mississippi River is flooding and the Army Corp of Engineers is trying to protect large cities to the south by opening up spill ways.  Where is the water going and who will it effect? Who is benefiting from this practice?  When was this last time that this was done?  What are your thoughts on this practice?


Army Corp of Engineers Opens gates

What is weather

Find a website in which you will be able to locate a 5-10 day forecast.  I would suggest using a site like, the weather channel, or wlwt.com, or wcpo.com.  What is the weather going to be like in the Cincinnati area over the next week?  How will this weather affect your plans and daily routines?  What is your favorite type of weather?  If Cincinnati doesn't have the weather you like, find an area you think does.  What is this location?

Mississippi River

And we thought we had it bad ....With all of the rain we have experienced within the past month we saw a lot of areas running into problems with flooding and landslides.
Check out the following links on what is happening in Memphis, TN.  What would you do if you were in this situation?

Mississippi River Flooding

What causes tornadoes to form?

What are the ingredients for the perfect tornado?  Why is May the key month?  What is the difference between a super cell, a tornado and a wind shear?

Tornado 101

April Shower Bring May ???????

If we have had a rainy April, what can we expect in May.  Click on the link below and see what we can expect for May.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on each city to see which one has had the most tornadoes and which one has had the most recent tornado?



May : A "Tornadic " Month

Shuttle Endeavor

The space shuttle program is being phased out.  Endeavour is the second last shuttle to make a space flight.   When was it scheduled to launch?  Why was it postponed?  Who is the Captain?  Where do the astronauts stay as they await their launch?  Would you want to go into space?  Would you want to be part of the NASA space program?  What would you like to learn most about space?  What other space craft will be at the space station?  What are your thoughts about the space program?

Last trip for Endeavour

Tornado Update

Go to Tornado Alley Live and watch the video from the tornados in late April.  After viewing the video then go to the link on Famed Tornado lesson learned.  What did we learn from this disaster.  What is our risk of a tornado today.  What should you do in the event of an impending tornado?  Where should you go in your home?  Where should you go in your own home?  Have you talked about this with your parents?  Do you have a plan?  What do you think about the events of late April?


Tornado Alley Live