1. Climates Of the World

2. Mercedes Bens
Douglas McDougall
Third Grade
3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world

3. Lesson Overview After completion students will be able to:
Obtain information of different regions
Define climates
Compare climates
Give similarities and differences of climates

4. Engage Read Flat Stanley Before the lesson on climate,
during read aloud we will read
Flat Stanley. While reading the
teacher will point out hints to weather
And climate.

5. Explore
Students will obtain information and research through books and websites on a “Research Quest”
Books and websites provided by teacher
Students will show what they learned through a worksheet

6. Explore continued
Students will pick a climate that is written on a slip of paper
They will then dress Flat Stanley in appropriate clothes to match their climate

7. Climate Map
Students will place their Flat Stanley in APPROPRIATE clothes in the climate they chose and place him in the correct spot on the map

8. Explain They will explain…
why and where they put Stanley on the map in a writing prompt
why they dressed him the way they did

9. Elaborate Students will create a pamphlet and write about…
The climate zone where they put their Flat Stanley
The name of their location
What there is to do in that area of the world
How you would dress in this climate
The animals that live there
If this area gets a lot of precipitation
If this area is usually warm or cold

10. Evaluate
Participation, Research Quest and Pamphlet

11. References Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown