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Weather and Climate for Teachers
2011 Summer Teacher's Course
Day 3
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Session 5: Convection and Precipitation
- Balloon Launch
- Engage & Explore
- Why are clouds white?,
Wax block mystery,
Terminal velocity vs. water drop size (Rain drops),
Convection and convection cells / cloud in bottle with laser slice
- combined PDF file from Little
Shop of Physics
- Explain
- Precipitation processes,
- Structure of clouds,
- Rain and storms
- Full presentation,
PPT |
PDF
- Extend
Session 6: Forces and Winds
- Different Voices
- Explore
- Friction tug of war,
Forces in circular motion (Coriolis circle, waiter's tray),
Angular momentum (Hoberman spheres)
- combined PDF file from Little Shop
of Physics
- Explain
- Pressure gradient, gravity, friction,
Forces due to the earth's rotation,
Balances: Hydrostatic, geostrophic, gradient,
Flows around highs and lows at the surface and aloft
- Part 1,
PPT |
PDF
- Part 2,
PPT |
PDF
- Extend
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