Center for Technology and Teacher Education

Climate, Latitude, and Longitude
Assessment

K-12:

Have students draw a picture and write a letter on a "postcard" that describes the weather in one of the cities in the data sets. Students should be sure to date their postcard to reflect the month and year.
Create chart temperature data from other cities (found on the ftp site listed above).
Ask students to share their chart with the class and explain what the lines on the chart mean. Write a paragraph that describes their chart.

Have students pack a suitcase for a trip to San Francisco. Tell students what month it is so that their clothes reflect the climate for that time of year. Compare student responses. They should be similar. This will reinforce the idea that San Francisc o's climate does not change much during the year.

Methods:

Using the data sets from either The Weather Channel or The NOAA Weather Page, develop a geography lesson in which students use spreadsheets to manipulate and interpret data.

This module was created by John K. Lee of the University of Virginia.