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Weather Radar in a Shoe Box
http://www.teachingboxes.org/avc/content/Weather_Radar_In_A_Shoe_Box.htm
From Atmos Visualization Collection (AVC)
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This middle/junior high school activity asks students to create a physical shoebox model to simulate the tracking of a storm by modern weather radar and to use the model to distinguish between areas of storm intensity and internal air circulation. Computer models from the Internet are available for those wishing to create images of the shoebox model data. The exercise is part of the Atmospheric Visualization Collection (AVC), which focuses on data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
    • Computer activity
    • Guide for instructor
Subject:
  • Atmospheric science
Technical requirements:
The optional program NIH Image is a public domain image processing and analysis program for the Macintosh. A free PC version of Image, called Scion Image for Windows, is available from Scion Corporation. There is also Image/J, a Java program inspired by Image that will run on multiple systems. Image can acquire, display, edit, enhance, analyze and animate images.
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
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DLESE Catalog ID: AVC-000-000-000-115
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Understanding about scientific inquiry
      • B - Physical science:
        • Motion and forces
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: Mr Christopher M Klaus
Argonne National Laboratory

Contributor: Tim McCollum
Charleston Middle School

Publisher: Argonne National Laboratory, Decision and Information Sciences