This video introduces students to the difference between weather and climate and discusses how changes in climate can occur.
In the first part of this video, students will learn about weather, the greenhouse effect, feedback loops, and climate change.
Starting at 5 minutes and 10 seconds, the video provides teaching tips for all grade levels.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This video provides suggestions for what concepts are appropriate for different grade levels and the first part of the video is a great introduction to weather and climate for some grade levels.
Additional Prerequisites
Stopping the video at 5 minutes and 10 seconds is suggested, as the last segment is focused on teacher suggestions.
Students should be familiar with the chemical symbols for water, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
Differentiation
Cross-curricular connections could be made with geography and economics classes when discussing the various climates of different regions on the planet and the different natural resources available in those regions.
Teachers can use various segments of the video for their students or use the entire video as guidance for lesson planning and the progression of topics.
This resource introduces students to weather and climate, factors influencing weather and the climate, and also its complexity. This resource is valid and recommended for teaching.
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
ESS2: Earth's Systems
MS-ESS2-5 Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
MS-ESS2-6 Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
3-ESS2-1 Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
HS-ESS2-2 Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.
HS-ESS2-4 Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate.
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
