Young climatologists explore the factors that contribute to a region's climate in this two-part earth science activity. To begin, learners are provided with a map of an imaginary planet and are asked to label global wind and ocean currents before using precipitation and evapotranspiration data to identify different types of climates.

Concepts

climates

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Additional Tags

weather, climate, climatology, climate zone, climograph, science

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Instructional Ideas

• Implement this worksheet near the end of an earth science unit on biomes and climate
• Consider completing the worksheet as a guided practice activity with the whole class

Classroom Considerations

• Requires significant prior knowledge about the factors that influence climate

Pros

• Includes a series of questions for students to answer after completing the activities
• Resource is available as an editable Word document

Cons

• Worksheet mentions the use of earth science reference tables, which are not included with this resource