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Interactive Mapping Change

Provided by: American Museum of Natural History |Published on: December 8, 2022

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Synopsis

This interactive map and graph allows students to compare regional temperature changes across different latitudes over time.
Students can use the map to visualize the changes and draw conclusions about why they vary based on geographic location and year.

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Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography

Authors: American Museum of Natural History

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Positives

This interactive map is a great way to visualize data and climactic changes.
Students can adjust the map settings to their region to see how their area and those in the same latitude have been affected by changes in temperature.

Additional Prerequisites

Move the slider at the top of the screen left or right to change the year.
To change the location, shift the bar on the map up or down by clicking and dragging the bar.
Before using the map, students should be familiar with terms like temperature, average, seasons, and circulation.
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This resource requires access to the Internet.

Differentiation

Challenge students to consider why some areas experience a greater temperature rise than others.
As a follow-up activity, have students research the effects of increasing temperatures on a specific city, country, or region.
This resource can also be used in math or statistics classes during lessons about data visualization, graphing departures from an average value, or data analysis.
Science and geography classes can discuss why some regions have experienced more warming than others or why the warming occurred. This connects to topics such as albedo, the greenhouse effect, the specific heat of water, and the uneven heating of the Earth from the Sun.
Use this interactive tool to introduce students to other types of climate-related data and maps.

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American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education, and exhibition.

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