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Our City's Temperature

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Learners use a thermometer to record temperatures from their homes throughout the city, and then hypothesize reasons for the temperature variations. They use a weather graph worksheet that's imbedded in this lesson to orgainize their data.

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meteorology, temperature

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meteorology, temperature, weather, math
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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