Weather and Climate for Teachers
2008 Summer Teacher's Course

Session 5: Convection and Precipitation

• Engage and Explore
  • How can scientists forecast tomorrow's weather?, PDF
  • Why do raindrops sometimes land gently and sometimes with a splat?, PDF
  • What is a convection cell?, PDF

• Explain
  • Clouds and Precipitation: PPT | PDF

• Extend
  
  • Forecasting thunderstorms: Interpreting a "skew-T" plot, PDF

• Engage and Explore
  • Why do hurricanes go counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere?, PDF

• Explain
  • Forces and Winds: PPT | PDF

• Extend
  • Which way does the wind blow? Interpreting weather maps, PDF