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Fold and Forecast

Provided by: Columbia Climate School International Research Institute for Climate and Society |Published on: November 17, 2022
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  • This hands-on lesson about weather forecasting and modeling uses a paper airplane demonstration to help students understand weather forecasting and probabilities.
  • Students will build paper airplanes, perform a couple of experiments, and then apply that information to climate models, forecasting, specific weather events, the butterfly effect, and ENSO.
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Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Mathematics
Authors: Columbia Climate School International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Region: Global
Languages: English

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Columbia Climate School International Research Institute for Climate and Society
The mission of the IRI is to enhance society’s capability to understand, anticipate and manage the impacts of climate in order to improve human welfare and the environment, especially in developing countries. The IRI conducts this mission through strategic and applied research, education, capacity building, and by providing forecasts and information products with an emphasis on practical and verifiable utility and partnership.

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