Lesson 2:Wind, Pressure and Altitude
Learning Activities

Here are some exploration applets that should help you learn some important concepts.


Activity 1: Pressure Altimeter

Practice reading an altimeter.

 

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Activity 2: Forces

The activity below allows you to test your understanding of the relationship between wind speed and direction and the pressure gradient, Coriolis, and Friction forces.

 

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Activity 3: Reading upper air maps.

This is an introductory activity to follow up on the books discussion.

 

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Activity 4:

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