Learning About Lake Effect

Mr. Whitmore came in and talked about lake effect. He talked about weather and moisture. When he talked about moisture he was saying if the weather came from Wisconsin and is headed our way it would go over the water and pick up moisture so that if it comes to mountains it goes up to make the weather cold. It was awesome. In the winter warm breezes come from the lake and in the summer cold breezes come toward the shore. He was telling about a lot of stuff and what I said was some of it. I can't remember everything, but that was what I did remember. ...Brittany
The day before yesterday an old science teacher came in to talk about Lake Effect. His name is Mr. Whitmore. He told us how storms broke up over Lake Michigan. It took a strong storm to make it across Lake Michigan. He also taught us about how the wind shifts. It was interesting. ...Alex

Wednesday, Mr. Whitmore came into our class to tell us about Michigan. He is a really nice guy. He explained the lake effect to us. He explained what made the rain, the snow, and last but not least sleet. Moisture made them all. Mr. Whitmore taught us a new word. It was Oragraphic lift. He knew a lot of stuff because he was a science teacher for 25 years. .Sami-K

Mr. Whitmore was funny, but still we learned a lot. Guess what? Mr. Whitmore knows my dad. Mr. Whitmore knows a lot of other people's parents too. It was cool but I got tired after a while. He came for an hour. He drew pictures on the board to help us understand. That was what we did on Wednesday, the 12th, 2005 for S.S. ...Lauren

Mr. Whitmore came in to talk about Lake effect. He also talked about oragraphic lift. Mr. Whitmore was funny. He said, "He gets excited about weather." He taught us a lot. ...Haley

Mr. Whitmore said he had some of my dad's brothers in school. Mr. Whitmore was being funny when he was talking. we all had a lot of fun. ...Cady

 

Wednesday we had a guest speaker named Mr. Whitmore. He came in to talk about Lake Affect. Lake Affect is like weather, but it's coming from the lake. I learned, if there is a storm coming from Wisconsin when it hits the lake it breaks into a lot of little storms. Mr. Whitmore is a good speaker because he explains what he is saying, so it was easy to understand him. ...Nisha

When Mr. Whitmore came to our class he told us about Lakes. He was really funny. . He also told us about Lake Effect. The Lake is like a brick wall. ...Brandon

 Mr. Whitmore told us that Lake Michigan sometimes controls our storms. When we have bad storms it goes across Lake Michigan and settles down, but when it hits land again it starts up again. He also talked about the U.P. getting more snow than us. They get like a lot more feet than us because it is a lot colder in the Upper Peninsula than in the Lower Peninsula. ...Alexa

Mr. Whitmore was a teacher a long time ago. He came to our room to talk about Lake effect. Oragraphic Lift is just, for example, like lifting a water bottle. That's what I learned. ...Logan

A couple days ago Mr. Whitmore came to our class. He talked about Lake Effect and Oragraphic Lift. Lake effect snow gives a lot more snow. Oragraphic Lift is where it gets colder as it gets higher. I think. ...Sam B.

 
During the month of February 1997, Mr. Whitmore, Mrs. Eldridge, and a group of fifth and sixth grade science students went to Chittenden Center. While there they began the first pages of the Onekama Web Site. The students chose to call it The Awesome Science Site. In the beginning it was all about science activities, including Lake Effect.

http://www.onekama.k12.mi.us/onekama97-98/scindex.htm

Main Fourth Grade Page
for 2005-2006

 Mr. Whitmore told us that he liked thunder and lightning storms, but he was funny. And he said some parents were students of his. ...Jorge

Mr. Whitmore talked a lot about weather. He talked about the storms coming across the lake. The lake can steer the storms. ...Josh

Mr. Whitmore taught the class about Lake effect. You can go on a dot com to see the weather coming. If you live near Lake Michigan you can swim in it in the summer. ...Levi

October 12, 2005

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