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Wednesday 2/5 - TES 4.1

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TES 4.1: Investigating Water Drop Formation

TES 4.1: Investigating Water Drop Formation

Objective: KWBAT make predictions and craft explanations about the process of condensation.
Use the words in the word bank to answer the questions

Word Bank:
  • atmosphere
  • liquid water
  • molecule
  • water vapor
  • cold
  • condensation

1

Why is it raining more on West Ferris than East Ferris?

Criteria For Success
  • Identify the amount of water vapor on West Ferris
  • Identify what part of the atmosphere
  • Explain what happens to the water vapor (phase change)

1

Where does water vapor condense in the atmosphere? Why?

Like Ferris Island, Maui and the Tibetan Plateau are two places that get more rain over some parts of their landscapes than others.
1

In what ways do these places seem similar to Ferris Island?

Compare the pictures to the picture of Ferris Island and find at least two similarities.

Investigating Water Vapor in the Sim
Investigating Question: How does water vapor move to different areas in the atmosphere?

Investigating Water Vapor in the Sim


We’ll need to investigate some important questions to figure out what’s going on with East and West Ferris.
GOAL: Use the Sim to investigate how water vapor gets to different areas in the atmosphere. We’ll use landscapes in the Sim with similar bodies of water.

Directions:
  1. Choose Landscape 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
  2. In RUN, check that the Water Molecules toggle is ON.
  3. Observe the movement of the water vapor.
  4. Talk with your partner about which factors you might change to affect the movement of water vapor.
  5. Press ANALYZE, then replay and press on a molecule of water vapor to more closely observe its movement.
  6. Choose a different landscape and repeat steps 2–5.
Click on the link to the TES Sim: https://learning.amplify.com/earthsystem/
1

Based on what you observed in the Sim, what is one factor (thing) caused water vapor to move?

1

What is another factor (thing) caused water vapor to move?

Redirecting Air Investigation

Background for our Model:
  • We’ll use a notebook (representing a mountain) and a piece of tissue paper in our model.
  • Remember, water vapor is in the air and where air moves, the water vapor moves with it.
Because it is difficult to observe the movement of air or water vapor with our eyes, we’ll use tissue paper to figure out where air is moving. If I blow and the tissue paper moves, I know the air is moving from my mouth to where the tissue paper is.
0

What happened to the air when a notebook was placed between the person and the tissue paper?

1

What does the model show about how water vapor molecules move when wind blows toward a mountain?

The model shows that water vapor would move ______________________

0

Click on the pencil tool to draw arrows to show how air and water vapor would move across this landscape. Label your diagram to explain what is happening to the wind and water vapor.

Independent Practice - Reflecting on the Movement of Water Vapor
On landscape 1 the wind is blowing from the ocean toward the mountain.

Click on the link to the TES Sim: https://learning.amplify.com/earthsystem/

1

On landscape 1 the wind is blowing from the ocean toward the mountain.
Where did the water vapor move?

0

Where did it rain more in landscape 1? Use the words these words east / west in your answer.

On landscape 3 the wind is blowing from the ocean toward the mountain.

1

On landscape 3 the wind is blowing from the ocean toward the mountain.
Where did the water vapor move?

1

Where did it rain more in landscape 3? Use the words these words east / west in your answer.

1

How did the wind and the mountain move the water vapor in the atmosphere?

Criteria for Success:
  • Explain how the wind and mountain move water vapor
  • Identify where (what part of the atmosphere) the water vapor goes

0

Review- Exit Ticket


Alan was looking at these two landscapes and said that the water vapor molecules will move the same in both landscapes, because the wind is blowing the same direction. Do you agree or disagree with Alan’s statement?

Explain your answer using what you have observed and learned today.