Statewide Monthly/Seasonal Temperature and Precipitation
Provided by: University of Maine Climate Office |Published on: July 24, 2023
Graphs/Tables Grades 6-8, 9-12, ap-college
Synopsis
This interactive graph and map shows the temperature and precipitation changes in Maine over the last 100+ years, allowing users to select from a number of different data sets to view.
The map changes as you scroll over the graph and you can view data by month, year, season, growing season, frost season, or water year.
This tool lets users see data specific to Maine's three geographical regions.
The original data comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Additional Prerequisites
If clicked, the three horizontal bars above the chart provide options for printing, downloading, and viewing the data.
The maps and charts can only be downloaded separately, not as one image or an interactive.
Differentiation
This interactive tool could supplement a lesson on how climate change is impacting seasonal temperatures, ecosystems, and agriculture around the world.
Teachers could use this interactive tool to ask open-ended questions about the aspects of human activity that are causing climate change.
This could support a classroom discussion where students consider what average Americans would think about this data.
Math and science classes could use this resource to have students practice graphing from a data set, data analysis, and critical thinking skills.
Science and geography classes can determine why the Coastal region of Maine has much different data than the North region.
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