• In this video, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the difference between weather and climate and discusses the global forces driving climate change. 
• The resource includes a short article with links to helpful information. 

Positives

• The video uses a helpful metaphor of a man walking a dog to illustrate fluctuations and trends in weather data.
• The video provides a concise introduction to weather and climate.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the terms dire, meandering, and fluctuating.

Differentiation

• Math classes could use this video as a real-world example of trendlines and data variability. Teachers could use the data in this interactive chart, which shows global average temperature anomalies, to discuss how fluctuations in weather do not directly correspond to the long-term changes in climate.
• This video pairs well with this SubjectToClimate lesson plan that uses temperature data to teach trends and variability.
• Other resources on this topic include this CK-12 video and activity on weather and climate, this NASA article on weather and climate change, this Crash Course video on weather patterns and climate trends, and this Hot Mess video on the real reason people confuse weather and climate.
  

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