Welcome Earthlings!
Mrs. Scherer- 6th grade Cambridge & Gen. Earth/Space Science
Meet the Teacher
Mrs. Christine Garand Scherer
I began my college education at Lehigh Carbon Community College's main campus in Schnecksville, PA, where I graduated with an associate's degree in Biology. Next, I attended the University of Florida where I majored in Botany and minored in Entomology and Secondary Education teaching Math and Science through the UFTeach Program.
I love: STTNG (Fans will know what that is, non-fans will not care. P.S. most people never guess my favorite character correctly. Care to take a stab at it?), Star Trek Voyager, Star Wars, Top Gear, Cosmos (Both Carl Sagan and Neil de Grasse Tyson.), Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill (Again, fans will know.), and many other science-related shows and movies. I celebrate National Pi Day every year by consuming several different pieces of pie. Who doesn't?
My greater loves include: Science (obviously), math, learning, my husband, our kids, our tarantula (Boris) and tegu (Falcor), pecan pie, camping, hiking, jogging, grilled veggies and pineapples, and giant Portobellas!!!, drawing, painting, cooking (cooking-NOT baking! I can only bake one thing well. It isn’t pretty folks!), playing the guitar and bass (and other instruments as poorly, if not more so, than those), drinking coffee, and sleeping.
Special skills/talents: I am well known for my cow-like reflexes, I can recite the alphabet backward (Reliably up to the letter t.), I can flip an egg without breaking the yolk (Usually. Okay, sometimes.), I am famous (in my own mind) for my pecan white chocolate chip pancakes, I am really good at untying knots, reading stories out loud with “voices” (my Dobby was spot on even before the part for Dobby was cast), and I am fairly tall. (Hey, this actually comes in handy!) I've heard it said that I'm a really good listener. I equip young adults with science skills and knowledge that they use in their lives and amaze their friends and families!
Things I hate: Diabetes and autocorrect. I hate that ship.
What are We Doing?
What's Due?
Lesson Packets
All 4 packets are due on the student's block day this week (February 27/28)
What Did I Miss?
Missed quizzes can be made up by seeing me directly. Missed tests may have to wait until the block day to complete due to time constraints, however, still see me to make it happen.
How to Contact Me
Email: christine.garandscherer@marion.k12.fl.us
Website: https://www.marionschools.net/Page/75337
Location: 10500 SE 36th Ave, Belleview, FL 34420
Phone: (352) 671-6235 - 55042
Twitter: @GarandMrs
We are Busy!
What drives deep ocean currents?
The Set Up
Convection Current
Unit 11 Test
Lesson 1 The Water Cycle
Lesson 2 Elements of Weather
Lesson 3 What Influences Weather?
Lesson 4 Severe Weather and Weather Safety
Lesson 5 Natural Disasters in Florida
Lesson 6 Climate
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Covered/Benchmark Alignment
SC.6.E.7.2 Investigate and apply how the cycling of water between the atmosphere and hydrosphere has an effect on weather patterns and climate. (CC Rating=3)
SC.6.E.7.3 Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and ocean currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, air pressure, wind direction and speed, and humidity and precipitation. (CC Rating=3)
SC.6.E.7.4 Differentiate and show interactions among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. (CC Rating=3)
SC.6.E.7.5 Explain how energy provided by the sun influences global patterns of atmospheric movement and the temperature differences between air, water, and land. (CC Rating=3)
SC.6.E.7.6 Differentiate between weather and climate. (CC Rating=2)
SC.6.E.7.7 Investigate how natural disasters have affected human life in Florida. (Not assessed on SSA) (CC Rating=3)
SC.6.E.7.8 Describe ways human beings protect themselves from hazardous weather and sun exposure. (Not assessed on SSA) (CC Rating=2)
SC.6.N.1.1 Define a problem from the sixth-grade curriculum, use appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan and carry out scientific investigation of various types, such as systematic observations or experiments, identify variables, collect and organize data, interpret data in charts, tables, and graphics, analyze information, make predictions, and defend conclusions. (CC Rating=3)
SC.6.N.1.3 Explain the difference between an experiment and other types of scientific investigation and explain the relative benefits and limitations of each. (CC Rating=3)
SC.6.N.3.4 Identify the role of models in the context of the sixth-grade science benchmarks. (CC Rating=2)
HE.6.C.1.3 Identify environmental factors that affect personal health.
SC.912.E.7.5 Predict future weather conditions based on present observations and conceptual models and recognize limitations and uncertainties of such predictions. (CC Rating=3)
SC.912.E.7.6 Relate the formation of severe weather to the various physical factors. (CC Rating=2)
Wednesday, Mar 4, 2020, 12:00 AM
Belleview Middle School, Southeast 36th Avenue, Belleview, FL, USA
What Do I Have to Know?
Key Learning Statement: The atmosphere is layered and within these layers are weather patterns that affect life and are caused by interactions among spheres. Water is constantly being recycled through the spheres. Heat transfer affects the development of weather.
Weather Patterns
• What drives weather patterns?
• air mass, cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, occluded fronts, conduction, convection, radiation, convection current
• Know how weather conditions are measured.
• Know how weather patterns form and interact.
• Know how local winds form (land, sea, and mountain)
• Differentiate between radiation, conduction, and convection.
• Explain how the weather cycle affects weather patterns.
• Explain how global winds (high and low pressure) influence local weather.
• Describe how local winds are formed.
Weather and Climate
• What is the difference between weather and climate?
• weather, climate, La Nina, El Nino, surface currents
• Identify the relationship between weather and climate.
• Describe how global patterns influence climate (latitude and surface currents).
• Explain how the oceans and atmosphere curve in relation to the rotation of the Earth.
Severe Weather
• How do people protect themselves from severe weather and sun exposure?
• Tropical storms, hurricane, thunderstorm, tornado, blizzard, flooding (storm surge), warning/watch, wildfire, lightning
• Investigate how natural disasters have affected human life in Florida.
• Describe ways people protect themselves from the weather and sun.
Water Cycle
• How does water move through the five spheres?
• Five spheres: hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, cryosphere.
• Water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, and percolation.
• Humidity
• Salinity
• Surface and deep density currents
• Explain how the water cycles between the spheres.
• Describe and contrast the spheres.
• Show interactions among the spheres.
• Salinity increases with evaporation (density currents)