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SLMS 7 th Grade Science Weather and Climate

SLMS 7 th Grade Science Weather and Climate. Lesson 1 Climate Change Weather and Climate. Part 1 - What do you know about… GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?. What have you read? What have you heard? What have you observed? What are the causes? What are the effects?

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SLMS 7 th Grade Science Weather and Climate

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  1. SLMS 7th Grade ScienceWeather and Climate Lesson 1 Climate Change Weather and Climate

  2. Part 1 - What do you know about…GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE? • What have you read? • What have you heard? • What have you observed? • What are the causes? • What are the effects? • What do other people think about climate change? Record your thoughts on your “What We Think Chart”

  3. Climate Change News Articles READ THE ARTICLE, COMPLETE WORKSHEET and REPORT TO THE CLASS. 1. Name of Article: 2. Author/Source: 3. Main Idea: 4. Interesting Facts/Ideas: 5. Claim or Claims: 6. Evidence/Data: 7. Reasoning: 8. Things you don’t understand: 9. Questions/Things to think about: a. What is meant by climate? b. Why do different places have different climates? c. How would you know if the climate is changing?

  4. DEFINECLIMATE and WEATHER • To understand climate change we need to understand climate and what our climate is like. WEATHER CLIMATE Temperature Precipitation Humidity Sun’s Energy

  5. Part 2 – THE EARTH’S CLIMATES • What are the different climates on Earth? • What makes the different climates on Earth? • Use a clamp lamp and the globe to discuss and explain why we have different climates on Earth.

  6. The Earth’s ClimatesREPORT • TROPICAL • TEMPERATE • POLAR • DESERT • COLD (Not all scientists agree on this.)

  7. CLIMATE MAP • Look for patterns of Warm, Cold, Wet, and Dry. • Explain how the tilt of the Earth and heating by the sun are responsible for different climates on Earth. Look for: TROPICAL - Green TEMPERATE –Blue/Kakki POLAR - White DESERT – Tan/Yellow

  8. DEFINECLIMATE and WEATHER • To understand climate change we need to understand climate and what our climate is like. WEATHER CLIMATE Temperature Precipitation Humidity Sun’s Energy

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