WEATHER BROADCAST HONORS EARTH SCIENCE Name ______
Date _____ hour ___
CITY ______Partner? ______
§ In front of your audience (the class) you both need to be involved in the presentation. You both need to be prepared to answer questions
§ Your presentation must be readily available: use your google doc. account (share with
OR email to name your file with your last name
OR use airplay (from an apple device)
§ length 2-3 minutes
Chose a format for your presentation:
Powerpoint Video Use an I-pad/I-phone Presi other suggestions?
Include the following:
o weather map(s) that you can refer to (plot city on it)
o A slide with the information on the current weather in your city:
§ Temp, sky conditions, barometer, humidity, wind (speed & direction)
§ Provide the scientific reasoning behind this weather (either written or verbal)
o A slide with tomorrow’s forecast
§ Include temperature and sky conditions and other important info
§ Provide the scientific reasoning behind this forecast. (either written or verbal)
o Any other images that will enhance your presentation (pics of city or photos of weather are some suggestions)
o A preview of the week ahead and reasons for this weather- BONUS
USEFUL WEBSITES:
www.accuweather.com www.wunderground.com
www.weather.com www.intellicast.com/
Apps: Weather channel Wundermap Intellicast
Tips on forecasting:
1. To determine the reason for temperatures look at the following:
Fronts
Wind direction and related air mass
Jet stream
Cloud cover?
2. To determine reasons for sky conditions consider the following:
H and L pressure
Fronts
Humidity
Lake effect?
3. To explain next day forecast
Weather moves from west to east due to the westerly wind belt
fronts will spin counterclockwise around the low
jet stream will move systems
Presentation skills-
Look at your audience! Use hand gestures – point to your city
Smile!- be cheerful- a sense of humor is helpful Don’t just read numbers!
WEATHER BROADCAST RUBRIC NAME ______
NAME ______
Points possible / PointsEarned / comments
Quality of Presentation
maps
images
weather data / 4
Reasoning for today’s weather / 3
Reasoning for tomorrow’s weather / 3
Quality of presentation
Were you interesting?
Don’t just read your ppt.
Were you organized?
Did you both do your share?
Could you answer questions? / 5
Penalty for inappropriate time
Penalty for not sharing presentation appropriately
Bonus for week ahead forecast and reasoning / 3
YOUR TOTAL GRADE / 15