MS-ESS2.C-2

Storm Chasers

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COMBINED RATING

3.8 Stars

TEACHERS (22)

4.3

STUDENTS (12741)

3.3

LENGTH

15 Minutes

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CAPABILITIES

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

In this exciting driving game, you are required to navigate a vehicle through a severe storm ranging from tornadoes to thunderstorms. You will dodge the obstacles that appear in the road. To help you through the storms, you can upgrade your vehicle with stars you earn by answering questions about weather and the water cycle to maximize your score!

Vocabulary Words

weather atmosphere

liquid

solid

gas

weather patterns

humid

air

dense

wind currents

moisture

low pressure

high pressure

water vapor

precipitation

climate

erosion

fresh water

salt water

geosphere

hydrosphere

atmosphere

biosphere

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about The Water Cycle and Weather Patterns. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Air masses cool as they rise over landforms such as mountains, causing water vapor to condense and fall as precipitation.

Weather changes when a new air mass with different characteristics replaces or interacts with another.

The water cycle includes precipitation, the process in which liquid water or ice falls from the sky.

The water cycle includes evaporation, the process in which liquid water changes into water vapor.

Wind moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

Weather characteristics include: temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

The flow of air as wind on Earth is related to heating from the Sun.

Weather is defined as the conditions of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.(MS)

Gravity pulls denser air masses downwards, causing less dense air masses to rise.

Wind is moving air.

Water is located in oceans, rivers, lakes, swamps, groundwater, aquifers, and ice.

The water cycle includes condensation, the process in which water vapor changes into liquid water.

Humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.

Local weather patterns are determined by the movement of water in the atmosphere.

An increase in humidity decreases the density of air, causing it to rise upward.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

Name and explain at least two types of weather. Why might weather change? What is the water cycle? How does water change state in nature?

After the Game

What are the three states of matter? What causes the weather to change? What is the difference between weather and climate?

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Game Details

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Lexile Level

1105

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