Wow—after reading through the text and watching the YouTube video—I am just stunned and confused. I didn’t realize the relationship between the different temperatures and water. I can see now how the weather is very important and how we can track it. However, sometimes it is very unpredictable at times.
Well…as for the differences between the jet streams and the wind and weather it all comes down to hot and cold. I was thoroughly confused when watching the videos and reading the slides at understanding the way the weather is affecting the different areas of the earth. I will say that when using digital resources, I enjoy the videos more than the slide shows. I think it’s because someone may be talking to me other than me having to read the slides and being thoroughly confused at the vocabulary and terminology that I haven’t even used for what seems like forever!
In reflecting on the information in this portion of Module 6, I am sure of a few things. When it comes to cold water and warm water ---the Walker cell was explained well for me. I can say that the forces were clear. The cold water from the ocean floor is pushed up and exchanged with the warm water at the edge of the coastline. (Which I was shocked to know…but it makes incredible sense.) I have also made connections between weather and how the ocean plays a huge part of this. I live on an island, in fact I have an ocean view and watch the huge waves take control of our island life. The difficult thing for me was understanding the jargon of this lesson. I did rewatch the YouTube video and read through the slideshow from PBS a few times to try and understand the content….I am still confused!!!
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