Simulation

Simulation

Procedures for Using the Simulation

Introductory Activity

Developing a Definition/Freewrite

Citing Electronic Sources MLA Style

Research Summaries

Pre-Interview Conference Sheet

Post-Interview Conference Sheet

Student Worksheet to Write the Debate / Discussion Position Notes

Final Evaluation of Antarctica: 90 Degrees South

Fact-Finding Teams

Collaboration

Fact-Finding Team
Katabatic Winds

The mission of your group is to

  1. Find the answers to the questions listed below.You may use books, periodical resources, the Internet or the Antarctica: 90 Degrees South video titled Winter? Summer? How Can You Tell? about the weather and seasons of the continent.

  2. Make a presentation of your findings to the class. You may use whatever media you choose for your presentation. Think about how YOU learn best.

  3. Make a handout of the important findings of your group to distribute to the rest of the class.Be sure to cite your sources.

Questions -- Katabatic Winds

  • What are the elevation extremes in Antarctica?

  • How do these extremes affect the movement of air?

  • Who was Douglas Mawsen? In 1912 what did he find concerning the movement of air in Antarctica?

  • What is the etymology of the word Katabatic? (hint: you might have to look under "c" instead of "k")

  • Why do these winds accelerate at the edges of the ice plateaus?

Resources

Elevation Extremes
http://outfo.org/almanac/world_factbook_00/fields/
elevation_extremes.html

World Fact Book Elevation Extremes
http://bartleby.com/151/a13/html

Antarctic winds vital to global sea life
http://usatoday.com/weather/resources/coldscience/sun/
2001-01-30-katabatic-winds.htm

Winds
http://www.glacier.rice.edu/weather/3_antwinds.html

Katabatic Winds and Anatataic Winds
http://hpccsun.unl.edu/nebraska/stuproj/ametf99/
wenzl/katabatic.html

Other Local Winds Katabatic (diagram)
http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter10/katab.html

Frozen Future The Arctic, the Antarctic and the Survival of the Planet
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=58950767

Yahooligans Reference
http://yahooligans.com/reference/dictionary/entries/05/k0020500.html

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