Air Masses Booklet Project
Materials
12" x 18" sky blue construction paper, white and blue tempera paint (optional: black tempera), sponges, small brushes, flat brushes, colored pencils (greys & whites), paper cut to 4.5 x 6 in. (5 per student)
Format & Rubric
Air Masses booklet format - explains the different panels of the booklet; TOTALLY Awesome expectations explained here!
Basic outline for each page - MAKE A COPY and type onto it and print when done.
Air Masses booklet rubric
Basic outline for each page - MAKE A COPY and type onto it and print when done.
Air Masses booklet rubric
Setting up the Booklet
How to fold the booklet video - Part 1 NOTE: Use 9.1 cm intervals!
How to design the cover page - Part 2
How to paint the back cover page - Part 3
How to design the cover page - Part 2
How to paint the back cover page - Part 3
5 Days of Observations
How to set you your Weather Observations pages - Part 4
You will get weather data for 5 days. The dates don't need to be consecutive, but it is helpful.
1. Do your best to do the drawings and get data at the same time of day.
2. On the left side, include temperature, air pressure, relative humidity & dew point. Get this data from a weather station, such as Weather.com.
3. On the right side, use a circle (such as the lid to a small mason jar) as your field of view where you will draw the cloud inside. Below identify the type of cloud and the date.
Helpful resources
You will get weather data for 5 days. The dates don't need to be consecutive, but it is helpful.
1. Do your best to do the drawings and get data at the same time of day.
2. On the left side, include temperature, air pressure, relative humidity & dew point. Get this data from a weather station, such as Weather.com.
3. On the right side, use a circle (such as the lid to a small mason jar) as your field of view where you will draw the cloud inside. Below identify the type of cloud and the date.
Helpful resources
- How to draw clouds with pencil - 4 min.
- How to draw realistic clouds - optional (home) - 17 min.
- Weather Wiz Kids - straight-forward explanations about clouds
- Cloud Types: Common Cloud Classifications
- Weather 101: Tutorial on Clouds
Fog Poem
Science of Fog - KQED video
How to write poems - wikiHow
Types of poems - your poem can be free form or you could use one of the formats below:
Science of Fog - KQED video
How to write poems - wikiHow
Types of poems - your poem can be free form or you could use one of the formats below:
Cloud Appreciation Society!
"Cloudy with a chance of joy" video by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, the Founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society.
"Cloudy with a chance of joy" video by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, the Founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society.
