Lessons ideas submitted by Del Glasgow, Phillip McCabe, & Ernestine Begay, Tuba City Junior High School

Lessons ideas submitted by Del Glasgow, Phillip McCabe, & Ernestine Begay, Tuba City Junior High School

Watching the Weather, Prentice Hall, Inc.: The lesson submitted from taken from this resource. It involves students observing and recording weather conditions. Because Prentice Hall is not available to the general public, the submitted lesson has been modified to fit this project. The Northern Arizona MesoNet collects these data automatically and keeps a log of the data daily and by month. Use the data to make predictions of the weather (see sample lesson: What Do I Wear Tomorrow?)
Investigating Microclimates, Prentice Hall, Inc.: The lesson submitted involves gathering and comparing weather data from three different climates. Because Prentice Hall is not available to the general public, the submitted lesson has been modified to fit this project.

Select three different locations (not in the same city) on the Northern Arizona MesoNet website. One set of data should be your own school.
Describe the environment of each site.
List the data you are collecting (choose at least 4 measurements) in a table.
Graph and compare the data from all locations.
Examine the data for patterns. Compare and contrast the data.
Prepare a summary report or presentation of your findings.

Students should understand what causes climate (latitude, altitude, distance from large bodies of water, and ocean currents); climate regions (tropical rainy, dry, temperate marine, temperate continental, & polar); changes in the history of climates in various regions (i.e. ice age and Bering Land Bridge); and factors causing global changes in the atmosphere (i.e. greenhouse effect)