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Average Spring Temperature
Provided by: Climate Central |Published on: February 8, 2023
Graphs/Tables Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This interactive resource allows students to generate graphs for many American cities that shows the average Spring temperatures since 1970.
- Students can generate graphs in English and Spanish, and each graph shows a best-fit line that illustrates the warming trend in that city or region.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography, Mathematics
Authors: Climate Central
Region: North America, United States
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource is easy-to-navigate and can be utilized in a wide range of grade and ability levels.
- Students will enjoy looking at locations where they live or have visited, and will learn about how the climate is changing around them.
Prerequisites
- Students should be able to read plot graphs.
- Students would benefit from understanding average temperatures.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Connections can be made in math classes focusing on graphs and data, in social studies classes considering how different places are experiencing climate change, and in health classes that are learning about how our changing climate is impacting populations.
- This resource would be a great tool for students to explore after learning about average temperatures. Younger students can read the graph for a location near them together as a class, while older students can be assigned different locations to compare and contrast.
- To extend learning, have students use the data presented in the graph to predict the days above normal in the next several spring seasons.
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Climate Central
Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives.
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