Climate controls
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A lesson plan for Grade 5 Science and Social Studies
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 5
- Subjects
- science (environmental science), social studies (geography, North America), thinking skills (information literacy, research skills, visual literacy), education technology (integrating technology), teaching methods (discussions, online learning)
- Provider
- National Geographic
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In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore how various parts of the world and the United States are affected by climate controls such as world air currents. Activities in this lesson engage students in online learning, development of map-reading skills, and whole class discussion.
Students will:
- read and discuss the Climate Controls section of the Creative Climates activity;
- use outline maps to label areas that might be affected by climate controls; and
- create maps of specific places in the United States and write captions to show how each of these places might be affected by climate controls.
Xpeditions provides detailed directions for completing the lesson, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, discussion questions, and links to helpful web resources.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: The learner will apply key geographic concepts to the United States and other countries of North America.
- Objective 1.01: Describe the absolute and relative location of major landforms, bodies of water,and natural resources in the United States and other countries of North America.
- Objective 1.06: Explain how people of the United States and other countries of North America adapt to, modify, and use their physical environment.
Science (2005)
Grade 5
- Goal 3: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of weather and climate.
- Objective 3.02: Discuss and determine how the following are affected by predictable patterns of weather:
- Temperature.
- Wind direction and speed.
- Precipitation.
- Cloud cover.
- Air pressure.
- Objective 3.04: Explain how global atmospheric movement patterns affect local weather.
- Objective 3.05: Compile and use weather data to establish a climate record and reveal any trends.
- Objective 3.06: Discuss and determine the influence of geography on weather and climate:
- Mountains.
- Sea breezes.
- Water bodies.
- Objective 3.02: Discuss and determine how the following are affected by predictable patterns of weather:
