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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Students analyze the story Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain geographically, and explain the term climate and discuss its relevance in the story as well as to their own lives.
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Global Warming Part 2: Climate Change
Learners examine natural climate fluctuations of the Earth and compare climate change in last 100 years to earlier climate changes. From this data students will begin to define current issues related to global warming.
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Climate in Our Back Yard
Learners construct a "A Year in Pennsylvania" poster on which they creatively describe at least three examples of how the climate they live in shapes their lives during every season of the year.
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Global Warming – More or Less
Eighth graders identify the factors that contribute to global warming. In this earth science lesson, 8th graders evaluate the impact of global warming on the planet. They discuss their views within the group.
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Geographic Effects on Precipitation, Water Vapor and Temperature
Young scholars investigate the factors affecting climate using Live Access Server. In this geography lesson, students graph atmospheric data using Excel spreadsheet. They compare and contrast temperature, precipitation and water vapor of...
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Biomes: Extreme Climate
Students discuss the causes of global warming. In this earth science lesson plan, students examine how global warming is connected to the arctic and world climate. They write a paragraph about their interconnection.
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Tread Lightly: Low Carbon Lunch
Young scholars create a flowchart of the carbon footprint of food from production to disposal. In this biology activity, students brainstorm ways to reduce greenhouse gases by smart food choices. They create a blog promoting ways to eat...
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Geology and it’s Influence
Students compare current geological map and the one from 1800's. In this earth science lesson, students discuss differences between the two and explain the factors that caused the change. They write an essay about how these changes...
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Climate in the Western Regions
Students examine the interactions of the Earth's systems and other objects in space. In this climate change lesson students study the pros and cons of different climates and what their preferences are.
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How Does Climate Influence Civilization
Students demonstrate their knowledge of the Earth's systems. In this climate lesson students identify the climate of a chosen area and the effects it has on the lifestyles of those living there.
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Highs and Lows
Students use email to chart weather patterns and then graph their findings. In this weather patterns lesson, students chart their weather for a week at the school. Students then use email to find temperatures at a variety of locations....
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Chasing El Nino
In this El Nino worksheet, students review this specific change in the climate cycle by completing 20 short answer questions.
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Forecasting Weather
In this weather learning exercise, students review the different things a meteorologist studies and how they collect weather data. Students compare weather watch and weather warning. This learning exercise has 10 matching and 3 short...
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Climate Types
In this climate worksheet, students review how animals deal with different climate types and list the six climate groups in the Köppen Climate Classification System. This worksheet has 11 fill-in-the-blank questions.
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Getting to Know "Our Environment"
In this environment worksheet, students access a website to describe the landscape, climate, forests, and animals in British Columbia. This worksheet has 3 matching and 5 short answer questions.
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"Our Environment"
In this environment activity, students access a website to answer questions about the landscape and biogeoclimate of British Columbia. This activity has 6 short answer questions.
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Mean, Mode, Range, Median
For this weather worksheet, learners look at the average monthly temperatures and precipitation for their own city to determine the mean, mode, range, and median. This worksheet has 8 fill in the blank questions.
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Weather and Climate Scramble
In this weather and climate worksheet, students unscramble the letters of nine terms to correctly spell the meteorological terms listed.
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Clouds and Rainfall
Students use the general climate section of the Digital Atlas of Idaho.
Then they identify and interpret some basic concepts about climatology. Students also read through the information contained in the Digital Atlas on Climatology....
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The Seasons
Students determine the effect of the earth's tilt on the amount of incoming solar radiation throughout the year. They simulate the earth's orbit around the sun using a light bulb and a globe to simulate the seasons. Assessment questions...
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Wet Weather, Wet Climate
Learners discover the differences between weather and climate in this long-term lesson introduction. They create rain gauges and practice reading rainfall measurements, view a website showing the cloud cover in their location and draw...
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General Climate Concepts
Students are taught how to use the climatology section of the Digital Atlas of Idaho. They discuss the major factors influencing climate. Students gather and synthesize new information to enrich their comprehension of climate factors.
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Brochures
Students discuss how the climate in their area affects they way they live their life. In groups, they identify the climate zones throughout the world and research one country of interest to them. To end the instructional activity, they...
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A Journey To Alaska
Students create an electronic scrapbook of a virtual field trip to Alaska. They first check the weather and plan what to bring for a real trip. As they explore various websites representing five stopovers on the trip they copy photos...