In the second lesson of a five-part series, young climatologists use provided temperature and precipitation data to create climographs of three different cities. They then analyze these climographs to develop a general understanding of how ocean currents affect climate.

Concepts

weather data, climates, precipitation, ocean currents, temperature, bar graphs, line graphs, graphing data

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the class research temperature and precipitation of a local city and create a climograph

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils need to know how to create line graphs and bar graphs
• Lesson builds on knowledge of ocean currents from previous lesson

Pros

• Includes reproducible blank climographs
• Teacher guide contains links to websites for further information

Cons

• There is no example of a climograph shown in the lesson, so some students may find it confusing to create one