What factors make up climate? How does longitude and latitude affect climate? What is causing Earth's climate to change? These questions are the topic of a presentation that explains characteristics of climate and climate change.

Concepts

climate change, climate regions, climates, wind, air temperature

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as an introduction to distinguish weather from climate
• Have class members watch the attached videos before coming to class for discussion and further instruction

Classroom Considerations

• Although the presentation opens directly to the slide show, it is editable through PowerPoint application

Pros

• Comes with instructional videos, PowerPoint notes, and a worksheet to extend the learning opportunity

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.7 RST.6-8.9