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Lesson Plan
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 3 Ess2 2: World Climates

For Teachers 3rd
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 3-ESS2-2: world climates.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Climate Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Climate Kids thoroughly covers climate change and global warming. There are videos, games, puzzles (e.g., Cloud Picture Scrambles), interactives (e.g., the Climate Time Machine) and stories (e.g., Climate Tales). An educators' page links...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Plotting Climate Data

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use climate data to create a key, plot data points, and interpolate data.
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Website
National Weather Service

National Weather Service: Jet Stream: Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
The Online School for Weather discusses the world's major climate categories based upon general temperature profile related to latitude.
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Handout
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biomes of the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the climate zones and biomes of the world.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Biomes

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of biomes, and the six different types that are found on Earth.
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Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Types of Climates

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover a few types of climates found on the earth like rain forests and deserts.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Climate

For Students 1st - 5th
Kid's learn about the science of climate. How it differs from weather over a long period of time.
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Article
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Climate

For Students 3rd - 8th
Brief informational site contains a definition of climate as well as the various climate types.