High Meteorology Honors

Segment 1

Module 1: Weather on Earth

• Introduction to Meteorology
• Earth’s Atmosphere
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Water Cycle
• Atmospheric Moisture and Humidity

Module 2: Measuring and Predicting Weather

• Measuring Weather
• Tracking Weather Conditions
• Weather Forecasting
• Weather Satellites

Module 3: Severe Weather

• Introduction to Severe Weather
• Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
• Lightning
• Tropical storms and Hurricanes
• Extreme Heat and Drought
• Winter Storms and Windchill

Module 4: Solar Energy

• Space weather
• Electromagnetic radiation
• Albedo and Feedback
• Radiation and Planets
• Space and Technology

Segment 2

Module 5: Energy Balance

• Heat Transfer
• Urban Heat Islands
• Earth’s Atmosphere and the Greenhouse effect
• Explaining the Greenhouse Effect
• Modeling the Greenhouse Effect

Module 6: Atmosphere and Oceans

• Atmospheric Circulation
• Global Winds
• Ocean Surface Circulation
• Deep Water Circulation
• El Nino and La Nina
• Oceans and the Carbon Cycle
• Atmosphere and the Oceans

Module 7: Atmosphere and Agriculture

• Introduction to Agrometeorology
• Agricultural Observations and Instruments
• Meteorological Variables in Agriculture
• Climate and Soil composition
• Agriculture in a Changing Climate
• Sustainable land use

Module 8: Weather Over Time

• Global climate
• Natural Climate Variability
• Collecting Data from the Past
• Climate Close-Up
• Little Ice Age
• Paleoclimate
• Ice age

Module 9: Impacts of Changes in Weather and Climate

• Earth’s Climate Story
• Carbon and Climate
• Climate Change and Food Webs
• Resources
• Climate Impacts on Local Weather
• Weather, climate, and public health

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Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.  

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.