Severe Weather Project Reflection

12/12/14 Tsunamis

Summary

This week our class worked on our weather projects. My group is doing a weather broadcast. So far over the week I have been researching about tsunamis. I learned many things such as what a tsunami is, the geographical occurrence of tsunamis, and what are the ingredients of making a tsunami. A tsunami is a series of very large waves that are formed by underwater earthquakes. Another thing I learned was that four out every five tsunamis was caused by and in the ring of fire. The ring of fire is an dangerous area where many earthquakes are caused.

Backwards-looking Reflection

How much did you know about the topic before we started? What do you now know about the topic that you did not know before?

Before I started researching about tsunamis I thought they were only very big waves. I knew that tsunamis were very dangerous and large. I already knew what a tsunami was and how it is caused by earthquakes but I didn't really know specifically what caused them or what you should do when a tsunami happens. A cool fact that I learned was that things can catch on fire from a tsunami and that debris floating on top of a wave can catch and stay on fire. I also learned that most tsunamis are caused by the ring of fire.

Inwards-looking Reflection

What were your goals for this week? Did your goals change as you worked? Did you meet your goals?

This week we had to write a daily goal, if we accomplished our goal, what our next steps will be, and any questions we had. So far I have always met my goals. Today we learned about writing SMART goals. S stands for specific, M stands for measurable, A stands for attainable, R stands for realistic, and T stands for timeframed. My goals did not change over the week and I think I wrote very SMART goals.

Quiz Makeup for 5th Weather EdHEADS 12/08/14 Quiz

Here are my answers to the questions I got wrong on the quiz.

How do weather patterns generally move across the United States?
Open the image before answering.

A) West to East

B) East to West

C)North to South

D)South to North

The correct answer for this question is west to east. The reason why is because we receive most of our wind from Alaska. Alaska is on the north west of us and its weather pattern blows east. This is why the weather pattern in the US moves west to east. The answer that I chose on the quiz was east to west. This answer is wrong because the wind pattern in the United States does not go east to west. The reason why is because since we receive most of our wind from Alaska and Alaska is to the west of us our wind pattern is from west to east. If Alaska wa on the east of us east to west would be correct. Since Alaska is on the north west side of the US the weather patterns moving across the US is not east to west. Next time i will be more careful and refer more to my notes to help me answer questions.

To predict the weather, you do NOT need to know which of the following:

A)Front Speed and Direction
B)the Distance of a Front or Weather System from the place you are Forecasting for
C)the Current Weather Conditions
D)the Current Phase of the Moon

The correct answer is D. The reason why is because d is the only thing not needed to predict the weather. You need to have A) front speed and direction because with that information you could more easily keep track of where a storm is going. Also, it is one of the things you need to tell people when you are broadcasting weather. I chose B for my answer. You would need B) the distance of a front or weather system from the place you are forecasting for because with that distance you can tell how far the storm (or any form of weather) is from you and where the weather you are predicting is. Another reason why is because even if you are correctly predicting the weather there you wouldn't even know where you are predicting the weather for. That is why my answer was wrong. The reason why you need to know C) the current weather conditions is because that is the most important thing. You definitely could NOT predict or broadcast the weather without knowing what the weather conditions are. Knowing the weather conditions is the most important thing because without knowing them you would have no idea at all what the weather was like. The correct answer is D) the current phase of the moon. The reason why B is correct is because the phases of the moon has nothing to do with weather like the sun does. Weather does not depend on the moon and the moon does not affect it. The sun on the other hand has a lot to do with weather. Next time when answering a question like this I will read the question and answers a lot more carefully and think about my answer before I answer.

Which of the following systems would most likely have the greatest amount of moisture associated with it?

A

B

C

D

The correct answer is A. The reason why the answer is not B is because up where B blows the air that is where mountains are located. The mountains bolack all the moisture from blowing in. In A however the moisture can blow in freely in and all the moisture is collected. In A there is nothing to hold back the moisture unlike the mountains in B. The reason why my answer C and the option D are not correct is because the H represents heat. The heat sucks up all the moisture so that way there is less moisture. Next time, when I see a question like this I will think carefully about the pictures and observe what is happening and in the pictures.

12/5/2014 Weather

Summary

This week we studied about the water cycle and weather. We finished our water cycle comic strips in the beginning of the week then learned about weather the rest of the week. In class we did a water cycle model that represented the water cycle. We took notes about weather and learned about different things that have to do with weather such as wind speed, temperature, and wind direction.

Backwards-looking Reflection

Have you done a similar kind of work in the past (earlier in the year or in a previous grade; in school or out of school)?

In third grade, I also learned about the water cycle. We also did a demonstration of the water cycle similar to how we did it in class. In art we made posters that show the water cycle. They were cartoon diagrams ssimilarto the comic strips we made in class this week. This year during each topic we learn about we uusuallylook at a powerpoint to learn and take notes off of. This year we have done that multiple times.

Inwards-looking Reflection

What was especially satisfying to you about your work this week?

This week I was really proud of my water cycle comic. It was about Percy the Demidrop and his journey through the water cycle. I named it Percy the Demidrop and his Slippery Adventure! I spent a lot of time working on the colouring making sure it was good quality and looked very nice. I used a lot of important science words such as writing precipitation instead of rain, accumulation, evaporation, and condensation.