A Realist-Constructivist Approach to Weather

The tools

Rotating earth	Earth’s curvature	Angle of the sun
Boiling Water	Cake frosting	Lake Effect Conveyor Belt
Lake Effect Snow Maker	Record Snowfall Maker	Hurricane Maker
Earth's Orbit	Dew Point/Cloud Maker	Cumulus Cloud Cartoon
Distance Chart 1	Distance and Angle Chart

Links to curriculum

• Weather as the Movement of Energy
• Weather in a Week and a Half
• Weather

February 24 Presentation

• Open

Our team

Co-directors

Richard Prawat (Chair CEPSE, Prof., College of Education, Michigan State University)
John Bell (Assoc. Prof., College of Education, Michigan State University)

Curriculum developer

Shane Cavanaugh (Asst. Prof., College of Education, Central Michigan University)

Curriculum team

Steve Wojcikiewicz (Graduate student, College of Education, Michigan State University)
Tiffany Titus (Graduate student, College of Education, Michigan State University)
Lindsey Mohan (Graduate student, College of Education, Michigan State University)

Multimedia developer

Ken Dirkin (Specialist, College of Education, Michigan State University)

Editor

Marcia Leone (Specialist, College of Education, Michigan State University)

Meteorologist

Leigh Orf (Asst. Professor, Meteorology, Central Michigan University)

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Last updated: February 23, 2005