TABLE OF CONTENTS

High and Low

01 Pressures
03 Weather Maps
Predicting
02 Weather
 SCIENCE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
4.1.2
Use weather data to
make weather
predictions.
4.1.4
Describe the different
types of weather
associated with high and
4.1.5 low pressure air masses.
Analyze weather maps to
identify and label high
and low pressures and to
report information about
4.1.7
temperature and Compare and contrast
precipitation. the formation of different
types of precipitation.
Let’s start!

If you don’t know anything about

weather maps or air masses, no worries.
Let’s learn about them together!
 HIGH AND LOW
01 PRESSURES
(also called Air Masses)
SCI.1.4.4
HIGH AND LOW PRESSURES!

High Pressure Low Pressure

High pressure is associated with Low pressure is associated with
fair weather (clear skies, no the formation of clouds and
precipitation). The air is sinking storms. The air is rising and
and warming. cooling.
 HOW CAN WE
REMEMBER THESE TWO
CONCEPTS?

HIGH PRESSURE LOW PRESSURE

Think about when you’re When you’re feeling low, you
happy, you feel high and clear might feel down and a bit
like sunny skies. gloomy like when rain clouds
and storms form.
 PREDICTING
02 WEATHER
SCI.1.4.2
 WHY IS PREDICTING
WEATHER USEFUL?

1 2 3

Predicting the weather Predicting the Predicting the

helps us know how warm or
cold to dress, to prepare for
small things like carrying
around an umbrella if the
forecast says it will rain that
day.
weather helps us to weather helps pilots
plan when is a good to determine if the
time to plan a vacation skies are safe for
or hang outside with flying to prevent and
friends and family. crashes during
storms!
03 WEATHER MAPS
SCI.1.4.5
Weather maps

● show weather facts about a specific place at a

particular time.
● can show temperature, cloud coverage, rain or
snow, wind, air pressure, humidity, and the
direction the weather is moving.

DID YOU KNOW?

Weather maps have been used since the mid-1800s, but the first map was created
in 1961 by English scientist, Francis Galton.

They once helped a French scientist to forecast the path of a frightening storm,
which saved an entire fleet of ships on sea!
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF WEATHER DATA
COLLECTED?

Let’s swipe to the next slide to find out!

 MAP FEATURES
SUNNY HAIL HIGH PRESSURE

PARTLY CLOUDY SNOW WARM FRONT

A warm air mass is replacing
a cold air mass, often
bringing rain and clouds.

RAIN THUNDERSTORMS COLD FRONT

Cold air mass is replacing a
warm air mass, temperature
drops, possible line of storms.

SLEET WIND LOW PRESSURE

Rain and snow falling
together.