Weather Outreach Science Lessons

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Lis Cohen's Radio and Video Segments

Does March really come in like a lion and out like a lamb? Listen to Lis' March 25 radio interview on KCPW (15 min)

What makes March so blustery in Utah? (pdf)

What makes the wind blow? (powerpoint)- lessons about pressure, highs and lows and wind

Inversions -Listen to Lis' Feb. 21 radio interview on KCPW (15 min)
What is a temperature inversion? (pdf)

What makes for great snow and skiing conditions? - Listen to Lis' Feb. 7 radio interview (14 min)

Learn about Utah Snow from Lis in her Mastercard Commercial- this 5 minute segment discusses why Utah snow is so powdery, what kinds of snowflakes make great powder, why snow is white, and are snowflakes unique

Is Climate Change Real? - Listen to Lis Cohen's Nov. 2 radio interview (14 min)

Volcanic Eruptions and Climate Change (how do they connect?) - Listen to the Nov. 7 KCPW interview about the recent discoveries in Yellowstone and how eruptions of volcanoes impact weather and climate (17 min)

What is fire weather? How are La Nina, El Nino and snowfall related?- Listen to Lis Cohen's Oct. 25 radio interview (6 min)

Listen to Lis explain hurricanes on KCPW radio (12 min)

Lis Cohen's Website Lessons

Name that Cloud!

Make Your Own Weather Forecast!- teaches how to look at satellite and radar data, how to analyze local conditions and predict your current weather

Lis Cohen's Lessons (pdf,ppt,doc)

Interpreting Satellite Images (pdf) An Inconvenient Truth Critique and Utah's Future Climate (pdf)

The Greenhouse Effect, Satellites and Sunlight (pdf) and (powerpoint)

Thinking outside of the science box- inspiration for new science lessons

What is Climate Change? (Feb. 21, 2007)- power point presentation given to television meteorologists in Salt Lake City to update them on the recent climate change report

What can you do to slow climate change? pdf of highest impact tips to help save the planet from the union of concerned scientists

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 report (pdf) -report generated by thousands of scientists from over a hundred countries around the world on the current state of climate change knowledge

Name that cloud! (powerpoint)

Make Your Own Weather Forecast!- teaches how to look at satellite and radar data, how to analyze local conditions and predict your current weather (powerpoint)