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This resource is easy to navigate and can be utilized in a wide range of grade levels.
Students will enjoy looking at locations where they live or have visited, and will learn about how the climate is changing around them.
Prerequisites
Students should be able to read graphs.
Students would benefit from understanding how to calculate average temperatures.
Differentiation & Implementation
Connections can be made in math classes focusing on graphs and data, in social studies classes considering how different places are experiencing climate change, and in health classes that are learning about how our changing climate is impacting the health of various populations.
Younger students would benefit from working through the data presented in a graph together as a class, while older students could likely draw conclusions independently.
As an extension, have students use the data in this resource to predict the average fall temperature for the next several fall seasons.
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About the Partner Provider
Climate Central
Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives.
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