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12 Chapters in Weather and Climate Studies for Teachers: Professional Development

1. Introduction to Weather and Climate ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19143].percentComplete }}%)

2. Climate ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19144].percentComplete }}%)

3. Solar Radiation ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19145].percentComplete }}%)

4. Temperature ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19146].percentComplete }}%)

5. Atmospheric Pressure and Wind ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19147].percentComplete }}%)

6. Atmospheric Moisture ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19148].percentComplete }}%)

7. Clouds ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19149].percentComplete }}%)

8. Precipitation ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19150].percentComplete }}%)

9. Air Distribution and Movement ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19151].percentComplete }}%)

10. Oceans and Air Movement ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19152].percentComplete }}%)

11. Weather Disturbances ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19153].percentComplete }}%)

12. Human Effects on the Weather and Climate ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19154].percentComplete }}%)

12 chapters in Weather and Climate Studies for Teachers: Professional Development

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Ch 1. Introduction to Weather and Climate {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19143].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Weather vs. Climate: Definition, Differences & Effects			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11544].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11544].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Major Components of the Atmosphere			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12472].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12472].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - The Structure of the Atmosphere			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12473].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12473].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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	Lesson 1 - Climate Classifications & Their Global Distribution			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12480].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12480].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Categories of the Koppen Climate Classification System			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[55393].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[55393].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Differences Between Maritime & Continental Climates			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45289].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45289].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Factors Involved in Climate Change			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45290].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45290].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Natural Factors That Determine a Region's Climate			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2522].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2522].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - The Ozone Layer: Importance and the Harmful Effects of Thinning			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[10323].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[10323].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Global Climate Change: Effects and Mitigation Strategies			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[10322].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[10322].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Methods for Determining Past Climates			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45291].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45291].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Temporal & Spatial Scales of Climate Change			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45292].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45292].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Past Climates & Climate Change			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45293].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45293].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Feedback Mechanisms of Climate Change			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45294].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45294].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - The General Circulation Model & Climate Change			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45295].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45295].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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	Lesson 1 - What is Energy? - Definition and Significance in Nature			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2537].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2537].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Kinetic Energy to Potential Energy: Relationship in Different Energy Types			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2545].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2545].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - What is Solar Radiation? - Definition & Effects			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12474].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12474].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - What is Thermal Energy? - Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2539].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2539].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - What is Solar Energy? - Definition, Pros & Cons			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3501].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3501].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Electromagnetic Waves: Definition, Sources & Properties			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4913].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4913].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - The 7 Major Regions of the Electromagnetic Spectrum			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[6836].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[6836].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - What Are Wien's Law & the Stefan-Boltzmann Law?			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[32372].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[32372].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - The Solar Constant & Inverse Square Law in Weather			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45296].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45296].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Effects of the Earth's Rotation & Revolution			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45297].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45297].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Solar Energy: Effects on Earth's Temperature			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[10320].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[10320].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - Solar Radiation Transfer: Absorption, Reflection & Scattering			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45298].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45298].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 13 - Mechanisms of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection & Radiation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12475].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12475].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 14 - The Energy Transfer Process & Solar Radiation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45299].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45299].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 15 - Greenhouse Gases and the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[10321].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[10321].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 4. Temperature {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19146].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Temperature Units: Converting Between Kelvins and Celsius			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2480].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2480].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Factors that Influence Earth's Temperature			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45300].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45300].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Daily & Annual Temperature Patterns			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45301].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45301].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Measuring Temperature & Converting Units of Temperature			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45302].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45302].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Mean, Median, Quartile, Range & Climate Variation of Temperature			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45303].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45303].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Earth's Atmospheric Temperature Profile & Thermodynamic Diagrams			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45304].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45304].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Temperature Ranges by Seasons and Climates			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45305].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45305].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 5. Atmospheric Pressure and Wind {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19147].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Weather Variables: Air Pressure, Temperature & Density			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11546].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11546].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - The General Circulation of the Atmosphere			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11547].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11547].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Pressure: Definition, Units, and Conversions			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1651].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1651].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures: Calculating Partial & Total Pressures			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1652].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1652].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Atmospheric Pressure: Definition & Effects			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9480].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[9480].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - The Effect of Altitude on Air Pressure			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45307].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45307].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - The Ideal Gas Law and the Gas Constant			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1656].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1656].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Using the Ideal Gas Law: Calculate Pressure, Volume, Temperature, or Quantity of a Gas			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1657].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1657].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Barometric Pressure, Measuring Atmospheric Pressure & Barometers			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45308].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45308].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - The Three Levels of Atmospheric Circulation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45309].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45309].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Factors That Affect Wind: Pressure Gradient Forces, Coriolis Effect & Friction			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11545].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11545].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - Development of Geostrophic Winds			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45310].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45310].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 13 - How Surface Winds Are Created			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45311].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45311].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 14 - Cyclones & Anticyclones: Ridges & Troughs			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[52175].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[52175].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 15 - Measuring Wind Using Anemometers & Wind Vanes			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45313].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45313].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 6. Atmospheric Moisture {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19148].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - The Water Cycle: Precipitation, Condensation, and Evaporation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2524].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2524].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - How Evaporation & Transpiration Contribute to the Hydrologic Cycle			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12469].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12469].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - What is Humidity? - Definition, Measurements & Effects			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12476].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12476].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - First Law of Thermodynamics: Law of Conservation of Energy			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2544].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2544].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy and Systems			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2546].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2546].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Measures of Water Vapor Content			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45314].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45314].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Causes of Saturation & Saturation Processes			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45315].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45315].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Adiabatic vs. Diabatic Processes: Cloud Formation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45316].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45316].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Types of Atmospheric Lapse Rates			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45317].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45317].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Types of Condensation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45318].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45318].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Formation & Dissipation of Cloud Droplets			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45319].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45319].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - The Effect of Atmospheric Moisture on Climate Variability			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45320].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45320].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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	Lesson 1 - What is Cloud Formation? - Definition, Types & Process			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12477].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12477].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Air Lift: Definition & Processes			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12478].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12478].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Static Stability, Cloud Formation & The Environmental Lapse Rate			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45321].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45321].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Factors that Influence the Environmental Lapse Rate			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45322].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45322].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Atmospheric Instability & Limitations on Lifting Unstable Air			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45323].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45323].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - The Effects of Inversions			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45324].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45324].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Types of Cloud Coverage & Effect on Climate			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45325].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45325].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 8. Precipitation {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19150].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - What is Precipitation? - Definition, Types & Formation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12479].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12479].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Runoff & Infiltration: Definition & Process			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12470].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12470].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Causes of Precipitation: Convection, Orographic Uplift & Frontal Uplift			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45326].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45326].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Precipitation Forming Processes			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45327].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45327].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Global Precipitation Distribution's Relation to Wind & Pressure Patterns			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45328].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45328].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Measuring Precipitation Using Rain Gauges & Snow Measurement			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45329].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45329].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - The Efficacy & Consequences of Cloud Seeding			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45330].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45330].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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	Lesson 1 - Atmospheric Circulation: Scale & Observation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45331].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45331].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - The Single-Cell Model of General Circulation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45332].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45332].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - The Effects of Semi-Permanent Pressure Cells			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45333].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45333].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Understanding Weather Fronts: Types & Their Effect on Weather			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11549].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11549].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - The Global Wind Patterns of the Three Wind Belts			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45334].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45334].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Jet Streams & the Polar Front			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45335].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45335].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Rossby Waves & Cyclonic Activity			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45336].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45336].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Monsoons & Monsoonal Circulations			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45337].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45337].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Air Conditions of Different Types of Wind			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45338].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45338].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Air Conditions of Different Types of Breezes			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45339].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45339].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - The Relationship Between El Nino & La Nina			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11554].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11554].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - El Niño, La Niña & Walker Circulation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45340].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45340].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 13 - The Pacific Decadal Oscillation & El Nino			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45341].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45341].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 14 - Arctic Oscillation & North Atlantic Oscillation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45342].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45342].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 15 - Types of Air Masses & Their Effect on Weather			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11548].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11548].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 10. Oceans and Air Movement {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19152].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - The Distribution of Water on Earth			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12467].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12467].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - How Continents & Oceans Influence Global Pressure Distribution			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45343].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45343].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Oceanic & General Atmospheric Circulation			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45344].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45344].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Active & Passive Continental Margins			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12397].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12397].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Ocean Basins: Definition, Formation, Features & Types			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12398].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12398].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Oceanic Ridge System: Formation & Distribution			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12399].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12399].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Properties of Ocean Water			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12400].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12400].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Types of Marine Organisms			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12401].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12401].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Ocean Circulation: Patterns & Effect on Climate			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12402].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12402].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Characteristics of Shorelines & Beaches			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12403].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12403].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Waves: Types, Features & Effect on Erosion			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12404].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12404].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - Contributing Factors of Longshore Transport: Beach Drift & Longshore Current			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12405].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12405].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 13 - Ocean Upwelling: Definition & Types			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45345].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45345].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 11. Weather Disturbances {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[19153].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - What Are Cyclones? - Types, Causes & Effects			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11552].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11552].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - The Polar Front Theory of Cyclogenesis			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[42994].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[42994].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Air Movement Patterns & Their Effects on Cyclones			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[42995].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[42995].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - The Characteristics & Formation of Anticyclones			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[42996].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[42996].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - The Processes that Form Lightning			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[42997].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[42997].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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How It Works

Earn professional development credits to renew your science teaching license with Weather and Climate Studies for Teachers. Brush up on weather and climate topics so you can better teach meteorology, geology, and other Earth sciences. Learn on your own schedule and at your own pace. You can complete this course in under two weeks - perfect for teachers who need to earn science credits in a hurry!

Watch engaging video lessons about weather forecasting and climate.
Check your knowledge of things like precipitation and air movement with practice quizzes and exams.
Ask clarification questions from our expert science instructors.
Earn three college credits by taking the UExcel Weather and Climate Studies exam.

Always check with your school district or state department of education to ensure that the course credits will be accepted before beginning the course. UExcel credits are accepted by over 1,000 schools and directly by many state departments of education.

Who's It For?

Weather and Climate Studies for Teachers is ideal for any teachers looking to earn credits to use toward licensure renewal. The flexible, self-paced format makes it easy to fit your studies into a busy schedule. The course is fully online, so you can study anytime, anywhere. This course also benefits:

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Fun and Engaging: Animations and interesting examples make weather and climate studies easy to learn.
Expert Instructors: Expert science instructors break difficult concepts down so they are easy to remember.
Practice Makes Perfect: Quizzes and practice exams let you review weather and climate studies terminology and key concepts and track what you've mastered.
Quick and Flexible: Learn on your own schedule and on any device. You could earn science credits in less than two weeks.

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Access our full library of professional development courses for teachers, including Earth Science for Teachers, Human and Cultural Geography for Teachers, and Physical Geology for Teachers.
Find 10,000 engaging lessons that you can use in your classroom or assign out to students.
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Earn transferable college credit for dozens of courses.

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Course Plan for Earning Credit in Less Than Two Weeks

Follow this course plan if you want to complete Weather and Climate Studies for Teachers and be ready to earn transferable credit in less than two weeks. For each chapter assignment, take all of the lesson quizzes and the practice chapter exam at the end of each chapter. If you miss any questions, review the video lesson to master the concept.

Day	Chapter	What You'll Learn
Day 1	Chapter 1 Chapter 2	Introduction to Weather and Climate (difference between weather and climate, structure and components of the atmosphere) Climate (classifications, global warming, the general circulation model)
Day 2	Chapter 3	Solar Radiation (energy, electromagnetic waves, the solar constant and variations, the enhanced greenhouse effect)
Day 3	Chapter 4	Temperature (influences on the Earth's temperature, thermodynamic diagrams, temperature patterns by seasons)
Day 4	Chapter 5	Atmospheric Pressure and Wind (circulation of the atmosphere, Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure, geostrophic wind, cyclones and anticyclones)
Day 5	Chapter 6	Atmospheric Moisture (the water cycle, the saturation process, laws of thermodynamics, cloud droplets)
Day 6	Chapter 7 Chapter 8	Clouds (how clouds form, types of clouds, inversions) Precipitation (types of precipitation, measuring precipitation, cloud seeding)
Day 7	Chapter 9	Air Distribution and Movement (atmospheric circulation, Rossby Waves, types of winds, monsoons, weather fronts)
Day 8	Chapter 10	Oceans and Air Movement (distribution of water, continental margins, ocean basins, waves)
Day 9	Chapter 11	Weather Disturbances (cyclones, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes, forecasting hurricanes)
Day 10	Chapter 12 Chapter 13	Weather Forecasting and Analysis (forecasting methods, verifying forecasts, weather maps) Human Effects on the Weather and Climate (air pollution, the ozone layer, urban heat island effects)
Day 11	Final Exam	Take the practice final exam to see what you've mastered and make sure you are ready to earn credit for weather and climate studies

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12 chapters in Weather and Climate Studies for Teachers: Professional Development

How It Works

Who's It For?

Why It Works

Other Benefits

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Course Plan for Earning Credit in Less Than Two Weeks

Earning College Credit

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