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High Meteorology Honors

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Description

This interdisciplinary science course covers the fundamentals of meteorology, emphasizing the physical and chemical processes that control Earth’s weather and climate. Course topics include solar energy, atmospheric and oceanic movement, and energy transfer. Students will study and practice weather prediction using technology, data and models. In addition, students will learn the forces behind the formation of severe weather events. The course will cover the history of Earth’s climate and the practices and tools used to study meteorology as well as the forces behind fluctuations in the Earth’s weather and climate over time such as Milankovitch Cycles, and ice ages.

Follow the link below for the Department of Education description for this course:

https://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewCourse/Preview/14573

Segment 1

Module 1: Weather on Earth

  • Introduction to Meteorology
  • Earth’s Atmosphere
  • Atmospheric Pressure
  • Water Cycle
  • Atmospheric Moisture and Humidity

Module 2: Measuring and Predicting Weather

  • Measuring Weather
  • Tracking Weather Conditions
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Weather Satellites

Module 3: Severe Weather

  • Introduction to Severe Weather
  • Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
  • Lightning
  • Tropical storms and Hurricanes
  • Extreme Heat and Drought
  • Winter Storms and Windchill

Module 4: Solar Energy

  • Space weather
  • Electromagnetic radiation
  • Albedo and Feedback
  • Radiation and Planets
  • Space and Technology

Segment 2

Module 5: Energy Balance

  • Heat Transfer
  • Urban Heat Islands
  • Earth’s Atmosphere and the Greenhouse effect
  • Explaining the Greenhouse Effect
  • Modeling the Greenhouse Effect

Module 6: Atmosphere and Oceans

  • Atmospheric Circulation
  • Global Winds
  • Ocean Surface Circulation
  • Deep Water Circulation
  • El Nino and La Nina
  • Oceans and the Carbon Cycle
  • Atmosphere and the Oceans

Module 7: Atmosphere and Agriculture

  • Introduction to Agrometeorology
  • Agricultural Observations and Instruments
  • Meteorological Variables in Agriculture
  • Climate and Soil composition
  • Agriculture in a Changing Climate
  • Sustainable land use

Module 8: Weather Over Time

  • Global climate
  • Natural Climate Variability
  • Collecting Data from the Past
  • Climate Close-Up
  • Little Ice Age
  • Paleoclimate
  • Ice age

Module 9: Impacts of Changes in Weather and Climate

  • Earth’s Climate Story
  • Carbon and Climate
  • Climate Change and Food Webs
  • Resources
  • Climate Impacts on Local Weather
  • Weather, climate, and public health

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Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.