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Basics of Geography: Climate Instructional VideoBasics of Geography: Climate Instructional Video
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4th - 8th
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Science
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Instructional Videos
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9:02
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Basics of Geography: Climate

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What's the weather going to be like tomorrow? The answer depends on your place on the planet. An informative video discusses how factors such as elevation, location, precipitation, and wind can determine an area's climate. It focuses on the six climatological regions as well.

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Concepts

climates, physical geography, the earth's axis, the earth's tilt, water

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Geography, physical geography, land, water, climate, earth's seasons, earth's tilt, earth's axis, science

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The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change

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Students analyze the impact of climate variability and change utilizing a broad span of topics over a wide range of grade levels. This three lesson unit is easily adapted for the various instructional levels listed.
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Arkansas: A Changing Climate, a Changing Land

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Here is a lesson on the climate zones and geography of Arkansas. In it, learners look at maps (embedded) of different climate zones found throughout Arkansas. They engage in discussions regarding how global warming and climate change is...
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Lesson Plan

How To Travel On Earth Without Getting Lost

Space Awareness
Have you ever wanted to travel the world? Take a virtual trip with a geography lesson that uses longitude and latitude, the position of the sun, an astronomy app, and a classroom globe.
3rd - 7th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Causes and Effects of Climate Change

Chicago Botanic Garden
It's time for your class to literally show what they know! Pupils illustrate what they learned about the causes and effects of climate change by filling out a graphic organizer to complete the 5-part series of lessons. They discuss them...
7th - 9th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Activity

If You Can't Predict the Weather, How Can You Predict the Climate?

Colorado State University
Why is the weather man wrong so often? Young climatologists discover how chaos rules both weather and climate through a math-based activity. Using an iterative equation, the class examines how small day-to-day weather events total up to...
6th - 12th Math
Instructional Video

Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?

Be Smart
What do Newton's Law of Gravitation and the moon's orbit have in common? Assist pupils as they view a short video segment and learn the gravitational methods of the moon and earth. They learn the reason why and how these have changed...
3 mins 6th - 12th Science
Lesson Plan

Variables Affecting Earth's Albedo

Curated OER
Students study the variables that affect the Earth's albedo.  In this environmental data analysis lesson students interpret and graph information and calculate changes. 
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Lesson Plan

Tree Rings: Living Records of Climate

US Environmental Protection Agency
Open with a discussion on weather and climate and then explain how tree rings can provide scientists with information about the earth's past climate. Pupils analyze graphics of simulated tree rings from various US locations for the...
5th - 10th Science
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Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

California Academy of Science
Ice is nice, and its condition on the planet has a significant effect. Junior geoscientists experiment with ice melting in both water and on land to discover how each affect the rising sea level. This detailed lesson outline even...
3rd - 8th Science
Worksheet

Climate Patterns

Port Jefferson School District
Young climatologists explore the factors that contribute to a region's climate in this two-part earth science activity. To begin, learners are provided with a map of an imaginary planet and are asked to label global wind and...
6th - 9th Science
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