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Average Summer Temperature

Provided by: Climate Central |Published on: August 5, 2022

Graphs/Tables Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

This interactive resource details the rise in average summer temperatures for many American cities, providing a graph of the data over time.
Students are able to choose a state and city, then download the graph.

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Subjects: Science, Geography, Mathematics

Authors: Climate Central

Region: Global

Languages: English, Spanish

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Teaching Materials

Positives

The graphs can be downloaded in English and Spanish.
The data is available from several cities in each state, making this resource engaging for students and providing local information.

Prerequisites

Students should be comfortable reading line graphs.

Differentiation & Implementation

This resource would work equally well in science classes working on the effects of climate change on urban environments or social studies classes working on how geography and climate are related.
Cross-curricular connections can be made in health classes discussing how to stay healthy amidst rising temperatures.
This resource would be a great data tool for reporting how the climate is changing in different ways in various cities, which could be applied to engineering or civics classes.
Students can download a graph to add to a document where they describe what they learned from the graph and what this warming could mean for that city.

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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.