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- 6th - 8th
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Students read about climate controls and create maps showing how these controls affect the climate in various places around the country. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students explore the various global climates and apply cultural adaptations of the peoples in various zones due to climate. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students make and record observations about local weather. They write about their favorite kind of weather and what it would be like to live in a climate of their choice. They take a quiz on regional U.S. climates. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine how the geographical and topographical factors result in change of climate from place to place. They research climate in Brazil, and create and share presentations. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students use captured portions of the Internet ("mininets") to perform research into climate. They create graphs of the data recorded using latitude as the independent variable and temperature as the dependent variable. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the greenhouse effect and examine the potential effects of climate change in the Arctic. They construct a mini-greenhouse and test its effect on temperature, analyze historical climate statistics, and conduct an experiment about the insulating properties of sea ice. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the characteristics of different climate regions. They discover the different lifestyles, clothing, food options, and water sources that are available in the different climate regions. They discuss how engineers help us adapt to all climates and roleplay different families in various parts of the world. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore how scientific knowledge changes in the context of abrupt climate change. They are introduced to some recent ideas abou abrupt climate change. This gives them a glimpse into how scientific theories are formed and refinded by new data. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the changes in climate in their local area during this integrated lesson. They record the oral history of climate change while interviewing an elderly person in their community. They compare this information to climate statistics and report it to a World Wildlife Fund website which is compiling the oral histories. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discover the differences between weather and climate in this long-term lesson introduction. They create rain gauges and practice reading rainfall measurements, view a website showing the cloud cover in their location and draw bar graphs of seasonal precipitation. These skills are then used to record weather and climate data throughout the school year. Full Review »
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