Nowcasting: Cloud Formation Lab

• 1-hour session, times are flexible
• One class per session, maximum 30 students per class
• Can book multiple activities in one day
• $400 per session (BOCES-aidable)

ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth's Surface Processes

ESS3.D: Global Climate Change

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

Systems and System Models

Energy and Matter

Developing and Using Models

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Comprehension and Collaboration
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard 1, S2.1a Demonstrate appropriate safety techniques.

Standard 1, S2.1b Conduct an experiment design by others.

Standard 1, S2.1d Use appropriate tools and conventional techniques to solve problems about the natural world, including: measuring, observing, describing.

Standard 6, 2.2 Use models to study processes that cannot be studied directly (e.g., when the real process is too slow, too fast, or too dangerous for direct observation).

2.1j Water circulates through the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere in what is known as the water cycle.

2.2i Weather describes the conditions of the atmosphere at a given location for a short period of time.

2.2p High pressure systems generally bring fair weather. Lo-pressure systems usually bring cloudy, unstable conditions.

2.2r Substances enter the atmosphere naturally and from human activity. Some of these substances include dust from volcanic eruptions and greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor. These substances can affect weather, climate, and living things.

4.1a The sun is a major source of energy for Earth. Other sources include nuclear and geothermal energy.