Modeling Earth’s Atmospheric Layers

1) Start with a large piece of paper.- large post-it note paper, bulletin board paper,
Legal paper etc….
2) You will be drawing the layers of the atmosphere. All 5 layers should be represented and
labeled neatly and spelled correctly. GIVE THE DRAWING A TITLE
3) Requirements:
Show the earth – maybe draw the whole earth and then put the layers out from that
Or draw features that represent the earth. Your drawing could show
layers in a semi circular direction or rectangular shape.
4) Determine the scale you will use to correctly represent the altitude of each layer.
EX: 1mm= 1 km Hint: Measure your paper you are using to determine the scale
Drawing must take up most of the paper.
Draw each layer to scale. Indicate how many km and miles each layer represents
Make sure you put the scale on the paper.
Color code each layer somehow.
5) Add at least 16 pictures representing where they would be located within the layers.
EX:- clouds, cirrus, cumulus, space shuttles, aurora, airplanes, moon
You can use examples from handouts, books, research etc…
6) Label the ozone – not a main layer but plays an important role. It’s symbol is O3 because
it is made of three oxygen atoms.
7) Indicate where the ionosphere is located.- use research to find out this information
8) Make sure you leave a gap in the ozone to represent the “hole” in this layer.
9) Make sure you draw where a meteor would enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
By the way they enter where it is extremely hot which helps the meteoroid burn up.
10) somehow indicate the temperature change in each layer.
11)Neatly list 2 characteristics of each layer. Ex: mass of air, air pressure, events

CHECK THE RUBRIC FOR EXPECTATIONS. ON BACK.

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MODELING EARTH’S ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS RUBRIC

Category Well Done Meets Needs Area of Concern
Expectaitons Work (5 points)
(20 points) (15 points) (10 points)
Measurement All layers are Three or more Two layers are One or less of the
accurately layers have accurate layers are
measured to accurate accurately
scale measurements to measured
scale
Color Coding All layers are Three or more Two or the layers One or less of the
color coded layers are color are color coded. layers are color
correctly coded coded
Labels All layers are Five layers Three layers Two or less
correctly labeled correctly labeled, labeled layers labeled
-Km and miles Km and miles correctly correctly
labeled on each Ozone missing Km only or Only a couple of
layer Ionosphere miles only other required
-ozone layer with missing Missing labels present.
hole Title temperature
-ionosphere Temperature change
labeled change indicated
-title on poster
-temperature
change indicated
Symbols 16 extra symbols 10 extra symbols 5 symbols drawn Less than 5
are present and drawn and and correctly symbols drawn
located in correct located correctly located No meteor
layer Meteor correctly No meteor
Meteor correctly labeled
labeled
Neatness The drawing is Drawing is neat. There is visible Looks like it has
neat. There are There are a few evidence of been in backpack
no eraser marks eraser marks or several mistakes. for a month.
or redrawn lines redrawn lines. Paper is wrinkled Lots of mistakes.
visible. Name on back. and or ripped. No name.
NAME IN ON Layers correctly Name not on Misspelling on
THE BACK. spelled back most layers
Layers correctly A layer is
spelled. misspelled.