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# Meteorologist

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Objective: - Demonstrate how weather maps are made, equipment used to gauge and predict weather
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1. Pass or have passed paragraphs. 3 & 4 of the weatherman badge 
2. Keep from his own observations, a daily record of weather for one month 
3. Explain the purpose and the principles of the simple thermometer, wet and dry- bulb thermometer, barometer, and an anemometer.
4. Know how synoptic weather maps are produced and be able to understand a simplified version of such a map, such as printed in newspapers. 
5. Understand the following: relative humidity, dew point, isobar, millibar, isotherm, BuysBallot’s law, cold front, warm front, and illustrate any explanations with diagrams. 
6. Construct a wind-vane, and a simple rain gauge. 
7. Understand at least three different ways in which clouds are formed