Our studies of Weather and Climate are in full swing!
We watched the forecast today and discussed being ready for early morning frigid temps!
Today, we began to brainstorm variables that impact climate of a location.
Students shared their data with a partner who has been recording a different location. They focused on the general trend in temperatures.
We then brainstormed variables that could be linked to differences that they noted among cities.
Be sure to ask your children what ideas we discussed!.
The most effective discussions occurred where students had kept up their data collection. Please have your children share their spreadsheet with you and have a conversation about what they notice. There should be several weeks of data.
If there are missing days (a few here and there are ok, but too many missing data points give an imcomplete picture), they can go on to the "Forecast Sites" on Google Classroom and use the "historical data" to collect data on missing days.
This will help in the future when they need to graph their data and analyze it!
Thanks!
Enjoy this first blast of cold and bundle up!
