LESSON PLAN

Grade : VII Subject: Science

Teacher’s Name: Anju Kumari Singh Duration: 35 minutes
Chapter 8 : Winds, Storms and Cyclones
Sessions : 7

Topic & Learning Objectives Methodology Teaching Aids Activity/Assignment Learning Outcomes /
Subtopics Evidences of Learning
⮚ Air The students will be DAY 1 ⮚ Students will be The students will be
able to gain the: asked to Attempt able to
Power point 1. define air and
⮚ Wind We live on the earth which is surrounded by air. Presentation the following
a) KNOWLEDGE questions given in wind.
The layer of air surrounding the earth is called
⮚ Pressure : atmosphere. The moving air is called wind. It is Online the slides 2. describe pressure.
Define air formed by the heat of the sun or it may be said in their notebook. 3. explain and
teaching – conduct activities that
that unequal heating of different parts of the earth Zoom App
⮚ Air Define wind forms wind. • All activities based on air moves from high
exerts air, air expands on pressure to low
Relation of NCERT e-book pressure area.
pressure heating, air contracts
pressure and air Air Exerts Pressure on cooling, winds are 4. give daily life
⮚ Activities The continuous physical force exerted on an Videos from
accompanied by low examples based on air
for air Define properties object or against an object when something Internet exerting pressure.
pressure, ai travels
exerting of hot and cold comes in contact with it, is called pressure. Air from high to low 5. explain that wind
pressure air exerts pressure in different ways under different https://www.yout speed is accompanied
situations and on all objects and in all ube.com/watch?v pressure by reduced pressure.
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⮚ Daily life  Copy the difference
banners or flags to flutter when the wind is examples and perform
between cyclone
examples Cause of wind blowing. It causes the tyres, balloons to inflate. https://www.yout activities based wind
movement ube.com/watch?v and tornado speed is accompanied
⮚ Activity : Importance of Air pressure
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Paper and Monsoon 7. explain convection
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Thunderstorm 8. discuss daily life
wind on the earth. examples based on
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Two Hurricane downward or upward movement of air ube.com/watch?v form of MCQ from contracting of air.
this chapter
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experiment Tornado creates the cloudy and clear sky, brings heating of earth
rain or fine weather. https://www.yout causes wind
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activity b) UNDERSTANDI weather forecasting. The air pressure is winds and their flow.
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Describe pressure barometer. ube.com/watch?v of thunderstorms ,
⮚ Increased cyclones and
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Understand air Similarly, when we ride a bicycle against the tornadoes.
speed and moves from high to direction of the wind, boat against wind direction 12. List the safety
air https://www.yout
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pressure we can feel the air pressure. during thunderstorm,
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Air travels from cyclones and
⮚ Air higher pressure tornadoes.
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flowing zone to lower 13. construct an
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pressure zone anemometer.
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hot air rises and High-Speed Winds
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⮚ Daily life contracts air pressure.
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Hot and Air moves from the region of higher pressure to
cold air Uneven heating of the lower pressure. The greater the difference in
pressure, the faster the air moves. It is due to the GIFs and
Earth
heat of the sun from which air becomes warm animations are
⮚ Air used for
expands Advantages and producing a low pressure. So, the warm air rises
representation of
on heating disadvantages of up and the cool air from the surroundings moves
towards the sea.Air pressure is caused due to the ray diagrams and
rains
constant bombardment by moving air molecules rules for reflection
on the surface of the paper strip. and refraction
⮚ Air Formation of
contracts cyclone and
on cooling thunderstorm Activity 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 will be conducted. AI tools –
Kahoot,
⮚ Various Formation of
Activity 8.6 Autodraw and
activities tornado
quizzes.
showing air
expands c) ABILITY: DAY 3
and
contracts Describe
pressure
Understand air
 moves from Air Expands on Heating
⮚ Convection high to low Gases or air expand more than solid and liquid on
pressure region heating. Air is a mixture of gases. On heating, the
⮚ Daily life molecules of air gain kinetic energy. It moves
examples Increase wind away from each other, thus occupying more
will be speed is space. Therefore, the air becomes lighter. Warm
discussed accompanied by air rises up whereas comparatively cool air tends
reduced to sink towards the earth’s surface.
pressure
⮚ Cause of The term ‘expansion of air’ means the increase in
Wind Activities based the volume of air. When the air is heated, its
movement on convection volume increases and occupies a bigger space.
Various activities related to the concept will be
⮚ Uneven Uneven heating conducted.
heating of by poles and
earth – equator and
heating at land and water
poles and and DAY 4
equator and understanding
heating of global winds
land and and their flow Wind Currents
The wind is the movement of air which depends
water
Safety measures on the difference in air pressure in two regions.
to be taken Air moves from the region of high pressure to the
during region of low pressure in the atmosphere. This
⮚ Winds do difference in air pressure is created by uneven
thunderstorm
for us : heating or unequal heating on the earth. The
Advantage
Safety measures region where the air rises, an area of low pressure
s and is created while the region where the air sinks, an
to be taken
Disadvant
during tornado area of high pressure is created.
a ges
d) SKILL
⮚ Thunderst Daily life
o rm
examples
based on air
exerting
⮚ How is pressure
thunderstor The uneven heating on the earth takes place in
m caused Perform
activities done
⮚ Safety in the class
 measures two situations:
to be taken Daily life 1. Uneven Heating between the Equator and
during examples the Poles
destructive based The region of the earth which is closed to the
thundersto movement of equator of the earth gets the maximum heat from
rm wind the sun. Therefore, the air in these regions gets
warm and rises, creating an area of low air
Perform pressure. The cooler air from the region of upto
⮚ Cyclone activities on 30 degrees latitudes belt on either side of the
⮚ Structure Increase wind equator moves or rushes towards the equator and
and speed is replaces the warm rising air. This makes the
Formation accompanied wind to blow from the North and South
of by reduced directions towards the equator.
cyclone pressure At the poles, the air is colder than at latitudes
about 60 degrees.
⮚ Diagram Daily life
of cyclone examples 2. Uneven Heating of Land and Water
based on (i) During summer, the earth near the equator
expansion and warms faster than the water in the oceans. The air
⮚ Hurricane contracting of above the land gets warmer and rises up in the
air sky creating a low-pressure area. Therefore, the
⮚ Tornado winds flow from the oceans towards the land.
Diagram These winds carry a lot of moisture with them
representation and bring rain. It is a part of the water cycle.
of winds in These rain-bearing winds are called the monsoon
⮚ How is summers and
tornado winds.
winters
caused
Diagram (ii) During winter, the direction of the wind gets
⮚ Safety representation reversed. The wind blows from the land to the
measures of uneven sea due to the difference in air temperature
to be taken heating at between the land and sea. This happens so
during poles and because during winter, the land cools down faster
tornado equator than the water in the oceans and the temperature
of water in the ocean is higher than that of land.
Diagram The warm air over the ocean rises up creating a
⮚ Anemomet representation region of low pressure and cooler air from the
er of cyclone land rushes towards the ocean. Thus, the air
flows from land to ocean carrying only a little
⮚ Advanced Using of water vapour. Hence, bring only a small amount
technologie anemometer of rain in the
s being
 used these winter season.
days Solving of
NCERT Note: The word monsoon is taken from the
Questions Arabic word ‘Mausam’ which means ‘season’.
⮚ NCERT Wind speed and wind direction play an
Questions Solving of important role in the formation of storms,
and their NCERT cyclone, thunderstorms, etc. The instrument used
solutions Exemplar to measure the wind speed is called anemometer.
MCQ , 2
⮚ NCERT marker and
long answer AI tools- Autodraw will be used to show
Exemplar
Questions formation of global winds.
questions

DAY 5

Thunderstorms
When air moves gently (low speed), it is called a
breeze while when it moves violently (high
speed), it is called a storm. When the pressure of
air drops, it indicates the possibility of a storm.

Precautions to be Taken During a

Thunderstorm
A thunderstorm is accompanied by lightning
which is a giant electric spark. It may kill people,
animal and can damage buildings, etc. Therefore,
you must take the following precautions during a
thunderstorm to protect ourselves from the
lightning.

Cyclones
A cyclone is a weather condition consisting of a
system of high-speed winds revolving around a
central area of very low pressure. Cyclones
develop over tropical seas. It is a violent storm
with a wind speed of 150-250 km/h. It is
accompanied by strong winds and heavy rains.

Structure of a Cyclone
The centre of a cyclone is a calm area and is
called the eye of the storm. The diameter of the
eye varies from 10 to 30 km. It is a region free of
clouds and has light winds. Around this calm and
clear eye, there is a cloud region of about 150
km in size. In this region, there are high speed
winds (150-250 km/h) and thick clouds with
heavy rains. Away from this region, the winds
speed gradually decreases.

Formation of Cyclones
Factors like temperature, humidity, wind speed,
wind direction and rotation of the earth,
contribute to the development of a cyclone. The
energy required to form and sustain a cyclone
comes from the heat of condensation of water
vapour present in moist air rising from the
surface of hot seawater that condenses at altitudes
to form a 0cloud. When the air above the
seawater is heated, a region of low pressure is
created because warm and moist air rises up. *
The cool air rushes in forcing up more hot air.

Note: A cyclone is known by different names in

different parts of the world. It is called a
hurricane in the American continent. In the
Philippines and Japan, it is called a typhoon.

Destruction Caused by Cyclones

Cyclones are very destructive. These are
the greatest storm on earth. Cyclones cause
widespread destruction and loss of life in coastal
areas. When the strong winds push water towards
the shore even if the storm is hundreds of
kilometre away, it gives the first indication of an
approaching cyclone.

Effective Safety Measures

On the part of the people

 People should follow the essential

guidelines provided by the agencies
through TV radio, phones, etc.
 A proper arrangement should be made to
shift the essential household goods,
domestic animals, etc. to the safer
places.
 Avoid driving on a road which is
underwater because flood might have
damaged the road.
 Phone numbers of all the emergency
services like police, fire brigade,
hospitals, etc. should be kept ready.

DAY 6

Tornadoes
A tornado is a violent spinning storm in the shape
of a dark funnel with a narrow end on the land.
These are formed over the sea and are called
water spouts. Tornado develops from the
thunderstorm and is formed mostly on the land.
These are violent and can reach the speeds of
more than 500 km/h destroying everything in
their path. These are not very common in India
but occurs in Canada and the USA.

Destruction Caused by Tornadoes

Tornado causes much damage due to the heavy
force of its high-speed winds. A tornado causes
considerable damage when it passes over land.
Tornado causes the following destructions:

 It uproots trees, electric poles and

telephone poles, it disrupts power supply
and telecommunications.
 It lifts the people and vehicles off the
ground and hurls them hundreds of metre
 away. This may lead to the death of people
and damage to vehicles.
 Tornado causes extensive damage to
buildings. It creates lower pressure
outside the building much lesser than
inside the building and the building can
explode.

Protection from Tornado

The following precautions should be taken for
protection during a tornado:

 One should take the shelter in a room

situated deep inside the home having no
windows or in a basement.
 Shut all the doors and windows and take
shelter under the study table.
 Bend down on your knees and protect
your head and neck using your arms. Stay
indoors until it is safe to come out.
 If someone is in the vehicle and tornado
begins, he should get out of the vehicle and
take shelter in a ditch or low-lying area
and lie flat in it.
 Keep distance from electric wires
and damaged areas.

Advanced Technology has Helped

During the early part of the last century, the
people residing in coastal regions have less than a
day for the preparations or to evacuate their
homes from an overcoming cyclone. But, today’s
situation is very different. Today we are much
protected. We have satellites and radars which
can issue the cyclone watch or cyclone alert
before 48 hrs (in advance) of any expected storm
and a cyclone warning is issued 24 hrs in
advance.

DAY 7

AI tool- Kahoot will be used to recap the entire

chapter.

NCERT back exercises will be discussed and

Exemplar questions will be solved.