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This short, silent video can be used in a variety of grade levels.
The graphics are easy to understand and when taken together, create a jarring conclusion about Earth's extreme temperatures in 2021.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should be able to read maps and scatter graphs.
For younger students, consider pausing the video at the beginning to go over the key.
Differentiation
Social studies classes could use this video to start a discussion about the impacts of temperature extremes on different communities that students have studied.
Consider introducing the concept of the video and having students jot down some general predictions about what they will see. Halfway through the video, pause it and have students add to or amend their predictions. At the end of the video, lead a discussion about what students learned.
Other related resources include this lesson about the rise in U.S. wildfires, this site about global temperatures, and this lesson about graphing temperature models.
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