Provided by: UCAR Center for Science Education |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
In this lesson on weather and climate, students will create two graphs that show climate averages and weather data from the last month to understand the differences between climate and weather.
The resource includes an article on weather and climate, a writing prompt, and extension activities.
The resource provides helpful questions in the "Use of Evidence to Critique Claims" section that will help students think about the differences between climate and weather data.
Students will get to work with real weather and climate data for the activity.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with graphing data.
The instructions in the Preparation section are no longer current, but students can still access data using the Weather Channel website, Weather Underground, and the NOAA website.
Differentiation
Students could perform the "Sense-making" activity as a skit and write a script for Gracie and Aaron to answer the questions.
This lesson would be a good way to begin a unit on climate change. Students could discuss why it is important for scientists to collect climate data so that they can track changes in the climate.
