Climates Of the World

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

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

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.

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 http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/media/climate_zones.swf

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

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

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

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

Evaluate Participation, Research Quest and Pamphlet

References Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/geography_climate_third_3rd_grade_social_studies.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120708062851/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/08/climates.html https://sites.google.com/site/climatetypes/home http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/media/climate_zones.swf