Desert graphics
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/07/g68/desert.html
A lesson plan for grades 6–7 Science
How do desert climates compare to climates in other areas? In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will learn about how climates differ, and how meteorologists collect all kinds of weather data, including daily high and low temperatures and average monthly rainfall, from all over the world. Students will use similar weather data to create a graph comparing three climates.
Students will:
- compare average daily temperatures and rainfall of a desert region and a coastal region;
- plot data on line and bar graphs;
- analyze their graphs; and
- add data from their own hometown to the graphs.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 6
- Goal 1: The learner will use the five themes of geography and geographic tools to answer geographic questions and analyze geographic concepts.
- Objective 1.02: Generate, interpret, and manipulate information from tools such as maps, globes,charts, graphs, databases, and models to pose and answer questions about space and place, environment and society, and spatial dynamics and connections.
Grade 7
- Goal 1: The learner will use the five themes of geography and geographic tools to answer geographic questions and analyze geographic concepts.
- Objective 1.02: Generate, interpret, and manipulate information from tools such as maps, globes, charts, graphs, databases, and models to pose and answer questions about space and place, environment and society, and spatial dynamics and connections.
