JetStream Learning Lessons

The following is a summary of the lesson plans in JetStream.

1. AM in the PM - Demonstrate that AM radio signals can travel many 100's of miles at night.
2. Heavy Air - Show that air has weight.
3. A Pressing Engagement - Demonstrate the effect of the weight of air over our heads.
4. Going with the Flow - The students will discover that the faster air moves, the lower the pressure becomes within that flow of air.
5. Crunch Time - Demonstrate the effect of heat on pressure.
6. The "Wet" Barometer - Make your own barometer.
7. The "Dry" Barometer - Make your own aneroid barometer.
8. Melts in your Bag, not in your Hand - Show the transfer of heat through radiation.
9. Canned Heat - Show light and dark colored objects absorb the sun's radiation at different rates.
10. It's a Gas, Man - Discover if carbon dioxide has an effect on temperature.
11. Leaf it to Me - Observe the effect of transpiration as water is moved from the ground to the atmosphere.
12. Sweatin' to the Coldies - Demonstrate the change of state of water vapor to liquid.
13. The Rain Man - Demonstrate the concept of precipitation.
14. Water, Water Everywhere - Discover the different water ratios in the earth's total water supply.

1. A Funny Taste - The student a taste of different salinities in various bodies of water around the earth.
2. We all Scream for Ice Cream - The students will make homemade ice cream but the "freezing times" will vary using different amounts of salt to lower the freezing point of water.
3. Salt 'n Lighter - Demonstrate that fresh eggs, which are less dense than saltwater, will float, but will sink in freshwater.
4. Diet Light - Demonstrates that regular sodas sink due to the added sugar content verses floating diet sodas.
5. How it is Currently Done - Students will make their own ocean currents using straws and black pepper.
6. That Sinking Feeling - Demonstrates how salinity and temperature affect density of water.
7. Moonlight Serenade - Students, acting as the earth, will see differences in light and dark sides of their "moon" they hold.

1. The Shadow Knows I - The students will discover the change in seasons by the elevation of the sun.
2. The Shadow Knows II - Calculate the circumference of the earth.
3. Toasty Wind - Demonstrate that convection is the original source for our wind.

1. Head in the Clouds - The students will become better observers of the sky as they will see different types of clouds over several days.
2. Atmospheric Collisions - Demonstrate how rain drops grow by coalescence.
3. Its the "Rain", Man - The students will discover rainfall amounts are rarely uniform, indicating that rainfall varies from location to location.
4. Drawing Conclusions - Determining the location of cold and warm fronts on a map plotted with weather observations.

1. How much water is in that cloud? - Demonstrate the high water capacity of clouds.
2. Updrafts in Action? - Demonstrate the ability of the wind to suspend rain and hail in clouds.
3. Sizing Up Hail - Train the students better estimate the size of hail.

1. The Rumblin' Road - - Determining the distance to a lightning strike.

1. Forward Thinking - Learn how to use the zip/city search for you local weather forecast.
2. If Anyone Can, Icon - Learn how to use the zip/city search for obtaining local weather forecasts.
3. The Daily Ups and Downs - Learn how to use the zip/city search for obtaining local weather observations for the past 48 hours.

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