Climates and Ecosystems Core Concepts Part 3

Today you need:

● Textbook: Open to page 30● Pen/Pencil● Vocab Notebook

Hurricane Katrina Strikes

Questions to discuss:

● What are the dangers of being caught in a flood? ● What did Airin and her family witness when they returned to New Orleans? ● In what ways do you think Airin’s life changed and will change due to

Hurricane Katrina?

Climates and Ecosystems Lessons 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5

Lesson 3.1 Climate and Weather

Learning Target

● I can use location to make generalizations about climate.

● I can describe regions using criteria related to climate

Today’s Goal

Today I want to teach you the difference between weather and climate, and show you how to analyze climate graphs.

Climate and Weather Vocabulary

● Weather: the condition of the air and sky at a certain time. ● Climate: the average weather of a place over many years. ● Precipitation: water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or

hail. ● Temperature: measure of how hot or cold the air is.

Key Ideas

● Different areas of the world have different weather patterns.

● Weather and climate are described using precipitation and temperature.

Climate vs. Weather

Weather: the condition of the air and sky at a certain time.

Climate: the average weather of a place over many years.

Precipitation and Temperature: Main ways to describe daily weather and long-term climate

Precipitation: the water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Temperature: a measure of how hot or cold the air is.

“If you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.”

Climate Graphs

Climate graphs show the average climate for a place for each month of a year.

Curved line: shows average temperatures

Bars: show average monthly precipitation

Assessment Questions

1. How is climate different from weather?

2. How would you describe your region’s climate?

To Do

Workbook p. 14

Read textbook p. 35

Workbook p. 15

Section 2: Temperature

Zones of Latitude

● Polar Zones (high latitude) ○ Temperatures stay cool to bitterly cold all year

● Tropics (low latitude) ○ It is usually hot all year long

● Temperate Zones (middle latitude)○ Hot summers, cold winters, and moderate spring

and fall

Section 5: Types of Climates

Today you need:

● Your Textbook- page 40● Notebook ● Pen/Pencil

3 factors that make up a climate

1. Temperature2. Precipitation3. Wind

2 factors that explain the location of Earth’s tropical wet climates

1. Temperature- closeness to the equator2. Precipitation- heavy rainfall

Types of Climate Vocabulary

● Tropical wet climate: combine hot temperatures and heavy rainfall year round. They are clustered near the equator.

● Maritime climates: wet year-round, with mild winters and cool summers.

● Tundra climates: bitter-cold and icy climates year round. They are close to the poles and ice caps

Types of Climate Vocabulary

● Subarctic climates: limited precipitation, cool summers, and very cold winters.

● Arid climates: very dry desert climates● Continental warm summer climates: year-round precipitation, warm

summers, and cold, snowy, winters.

Climate Recipes

Subarctic: limited precipitation, cool summers, and very cold winters.

Ingredients: heaps of low temperatures, a dash of precipitation

During the summer, set the temperature to cool.

During the winter, set the temperature very, very low.

Quiz Tomorrow

Lessons 3.1, 3.2, 3.5

Learning Target: ● I can use location to make generalizations about climate. ● I can describe regions using criteria related to climate

Study: climate/weather vocabulary, notes, welcome works

After your quiz

Read textbook p. 46-47

Answer worksheet questions - keep at your desk when done

If you finish, work on weekly reader corrections if needed.

Read quietly