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Students test out their ideas and misconceptions about front interactions by applying their thinking to new problem about winter storms. Students use what they have learned about air masses and fronts to show these components of a winter storm on a weather map.

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.