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Performance Task:
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For this task you are to assume the role of a TV
weatherperson for Channel WETR, located in a city of your choice. You are
to first create and hand draw a weather map of the United States including
symbols depicting the weather systems in all areas of the country. Include
information on air pressure, wind direction, wind speed, fronts, amount of
rainfall, humidity and temperatures. Then do either of the following:
- Write out in detail a two-day weather forecast for the city you chose.
Also make a long-range (three to five days) prediction of what the weather
might be. It should be a written report of the forecast that you would give
if you were actually making the video broadcast on television. OR
- Videotape a two-minute broadcast that closely simulates a real telecast.
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Knowledge / Skills:
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Understand how and why the rotation and
revolution of the earth around the sun affects the length of night and day,
the changing of seasons, and weather patterns. (s1)
Describe or measure positions on the earth's
surface using coordinate systems (lines of latitude - longitude), and
fields of isolines, isobars, and iso-surfaces. (s26)
Identify and comprehend factors that affect
climate patterns such as latitude, elevation, large water bodies and ocean
currents, mountain barriers, wind belts, and storm tracks. (28)
Apply an understanding of the meaning of
graphics, layout, white space, italics, parentheses, and other visual
aids. (ela68)
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