Severe Weather Raps

The seventh graders are studying severe weather this week and have enjoyed these severe weather raps! See the two raps embedded below. The first one is about tornadoes ("Like an F6") and the second one is about hurricanes and twisters ("Hurricanes and Twisters")

How a Cloud is Formed

Students have been studying the weather through their Adopt-a-City project, where they adopt a city in the United States to monitor that city's weather for two weeks. Students also are expected to complete tasks to prepare them to interpret a local, regional, and national weather map for their adopted city just as a meteorologist would.

The comic above illustrates how a cloud forms, which is a review from the water cycle unit that we studied about a month ago. However, it seems that understanding cloud formation and cloud types in general is just a tough subject. I hope this comic helps the students out!

Atmosphere Rap

Students have been studying the components and layers of the atmosphere during the last two weeks.  This background knowledge will help them understand the importance of the ozone layer and greenhouse gases.  It will also provide students with a base of knowledge for when we start discussing weather in depth as the troposphere is the layer of the atmosphere where all the weather occurs.

Below you will find the Atmosphere Rap, which is a fun rap that helps students remember what happens in the layers of the atmosphere.

Circleville's Own Semi-Pro Basketball

Members of the seventh grade boys basketball team showed their team spirit before playing in a tournament game this February.

This free picture collage created with Smilebox

What's the Difference Between Hail and Sleet?

As the seventh graders were studying the water cycle, there was a lot of confusion about what was the difference between hail and sleet.  Lots of students thought that these two types of precipitation were the exact same thing, but we quickly learned by watching this video that that was not the case.