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The Big Climate Change Experiment Lesson 4: Weather Versus Climate Lesson PlanThe Big Climate Change Experiment Lesson 4: Weather Versus Climate Lesson Plan
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9th - 12th
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The Big Climate Change Experiment Lesson 4: Weather Versus Climate

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Decide whether to learn about weather. An illuminating lesson has scholars first watch video clips and discuss the difference between weather and climate. Using their newfound knowledge, they create analogies to illustrate this difference and share their creations with the rest of the class.

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Concepts

climate, climate change, weather, temperature, precipitation, air pressure, humidity, analogies

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Team up with an English teacher for the lesson

Classroom Considerations

  • This is the fourth of five installments in Unit 1: The Big Climate Change Experiment
  • Learners must be familiar with analogies

Pros

  • Provides reproducible student handouts
  • Includes a rubric for the activity

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  • Some of the Included Material links are broken

Common Core

RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.3 RI.9-10.5 RI.9-10.7 SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.2 SL.9-10.3 SL.9-10.4 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.3 RI.11-12.5 RI.11-12.7 SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.2 SL.11-12.3 SL.11-12.4 HSF-LE.A.1.a HSS-ID.A.1

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