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Description
Major snowfalls are generally associated with winter storm systems that move across the country. The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate the relationship between the areas of heavy snowfall and the movement of the winter cyclone air masses.
Students will:
- Analyze the snowfall pattern of a winter storm
- Track the path of a winter cyclone
- Determine the relationship between a major storm and corresponding hazardous weather it produces.
General Assessment
Recommendation of how and where to use it
This resource allows students to inquire about the effects of climate change or other aspects of weather by using historical weather data. The resource offers individual inquiry questions which the students may research independently.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Alberta
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 5
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
- Grade 6
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions.
- Grade 9
- Step 3Select a subject
- Environmental Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Environment and Outdoor Education: Environmental Investigations
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 5
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Science 5: Weather
- Grade 7
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Science 7: Environmental Action
- Grade 10
- Step 3Select a subject
- Geography
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Geography 10: Atmospheric Environment
- Geography 10: Data Collection
- Geography 10: Data Interpretation and Utilization
- Geography 10: Data Processing and Representation
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (2)
- Climate Change
- Weather
