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Much of this video is animated, which makes it fun to watch and easy to understand.
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The host uses Yuma, Arizona as an example for understanding the difference between weather and climate.
Vocabulary terms in this video include weather, climate, rain, snow, sleet, and thunderstorm.
Differentiation
Science teachers could pause the video at each definition so students could add the definition to their vocabulary notebooks.
Students could also read this digital textbook chapter on weather and climate, watch this video on the difference between weather and climate, or watch this video explaining how climate change makes extreme weather worse.
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