There are six different precipitation maps for students to explore that provide useful information for a number of possible questions about how climate change will affect weather patterns.
Students can click the camera icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen to save and download the current map view.
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Students can click on the circular "i" icon to read more about each data set and warming scenario.
Clicking on the question mark in the top right-hand corner of the screen leads students on an informative tour of the resource.
The map legend changes with each map selected.
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Geography and science classes could use this resource in a lesson about biomes. Students could examine how different warming scenarios would change the precipitation in a region and whether or not it would create a new biome.
In English language arts or creative writing classes, students could use the map to see how local precipitation would change if global temperatures rose by 3˚C. Students could write a short story, poem, or diary entry that is set in the future with those conditions.
Other resources on this topic include this lesson plan and activity on temperature and precipitation as limiting factors, this video on why climate change makes extreme weather worse, and this article on how climate change affects precipitation.
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Probable Futures
Probable Futures offers useful tools and maps to visualize climate change along with stories and insights to help people understand what those changes mean.
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