• This interactive resource allows students to explore temperatures, climate shift index data, and temperature anomalies across the United States for yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the following day. 
• Students will be able to work with climate data for specific areas and learn about how climate change is impacting the world. 

Positives

• This interactive map is easy to use and incredibly enlightening. 
• Because it is so current and meaningful, students will be engaged with the map.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have a basic understanding of climate change. 
• There is a link below the map about how Realtime Fingerprints develops tools like climate shift index, which may help students gain a better understanding of the map. 

Differentiation

• This resource would work equally well in a science or social studies class and would be especially meaningful as a cross-curricular tool between the two classes. Students can choose a region of the country to learn about and use this tool to understand the climate and how the climate is changing there. 
• This resource would be a great tool for students to revisit throughout the year and record data.
• Other related resources include the EPA's Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool, Yale's Climate Opinion Map, and NOAA's Data Snapshots Maps. 

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