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Living With the Weather

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Mini-meteorologists visit the National Climate Data Center online to gather past weather information for the area that they live in. They consider how the weather patterns may have influenced the architecture of the area. Finally, they view other types of houses online and relate the structures to the local weather. Many of the resource links are no longer valid, but if you can invest a little time to find others, it would be worthwhile to bring this lesson up to its potential.

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Grade
6th - 8th
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Science
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Duration
1 hr
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Research

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