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Exit Ticket: Sun's Apparent Path
This single page can be cut in half for a quick
assessment, or "exit ticket". Students are asked to
draw the sun's daily apparent path on a celestial
sphere for an observer located in lower New York State
on both equinox and solstice dates.
Orographic Effect Precipitation Formation
Students are asked to explain what processes are
responsible for the formation orographic (mountain)
cloud and precipitation.
Station Model Analysis
Students both interpret a model data, and draw their
own. An answer key for this handout is at the website
New York Science Teacher under the title, "Station
Model Analysis Answer Key."
Station Model Analysis Answer Key
This is an answer key to the station model analysis exit
ticket on the New York Science Teacher website.
Coriolis Effect Exit Ticket
Students have to describe how winds deflect differently
in the northern and southern hemispheres. Then,
students have to briefly describe why this phenomenon
occurs on earth.
Topographic Maps - Contour Line Intrepretation
Students are required to match simple topographic
map contour lines to their correct cross-sectional
profile.
Earthquake P-Wave & S-Wave Questions
Students are required to answer questions on the
behavior of p- and s-waves within the earth.
More Station Model Practice
Formative assessment for station model
practice and weather concept reasoning
Low Pressure System
Ticket to fly on a low pressure system
with two fronts extending from its center.
Exit Ticket: Determining Time & Rotation (North Pole View)
Students determine earthbound observers' local time based on a north pole view of earth's rotation with respect to the sun's rays.