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Grade 6 Unit 3: Weather + Computer Science

Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and in some places and not others?

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Lesson Question: What causes this kind of precipitation event to occur?

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Lesson Question: How does the air higher up compare to the air near the ground?

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Lesson Question: How can we explain the movement of air in a hail cloud?

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Lesson Question: Why do clouds or storms form at some times but not others? 

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Lesson Question: How can we use the ideas we developed to explain and predict larger-scale storm systems like hurricanes?

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Lesson Question: What are the conditions like on days when it hails?

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Lesson Question: Why is the air near the ground warmer than the air higher up?

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Lesson Question: What happens to water vapor in the air if we cool the air down, and why?

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Lesson Question: Why don’t water droplets or ice crystals fall from the clouds all the time?

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Lesson Question: What sensor systems could we repurpose and reprogram to help collect data about the air higher up?

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Lesson Question: What happens to the air and water at Earth’s surface when it is warmed up

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Lesson Question: Why don’t we see clouds everywhere in the air, and what is a cloud made of?

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Lesson Question: How could we revise our storm simulation to help explain what causes some clouds to produce different-sized hail?

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