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What Causes Irregular Temperature Patterns? Lesson PlanWhat Causes Irregular Temperature Patterns? Lesson Plan
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What Causes Irregular Temperature Patterns?

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Students examine common trends in climate across the U.S. They identify the anomalies in hot-cold temperature differences in the U.S and locate them on the map using latitude and longitude coordinates.

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weather patterns, weather, meteorology, climates

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5th - 8th
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Science
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