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Students test out their ideas and misconceptions about moisture in the atmosphere by solving Regents-like dewpoint/relative humidity problems using the ESRT.

In this 5E instructional sequence students learn about evaporation and condensation of water in the atmosphere by observing these processes, then read a text and watch a short video that help them connect what they observed and cloud formation. Students then investigate the conditions that need to exist in order for cloud formation and precipitation to occur through a dew point/relative humidity lab and subsequent analysis.

Students test out their ideas and misconceptions about temperature in the atmosphere by applying their thinking to a new task that asks them to consider the relationship between temperature and air moisture in the atmosphere.

Students learn about types of air masses and the regions they are associated with by examining photos of those regions and making predictions about temperature and moisture levels of air masses that originate in the photos. Students then observe simulations of different front boundaries to compare/contrast air mass interaction and the resulting weather at each type of front boundary. Finally, students are asked to research the types of air masses and front boundaries associated with blizzards and use the ESRT to create a map representing what these air masses and front boundaries.