When Is It Ever Going to Rain?

GeoLiteracy
GeoMath
Legacy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will learn the impact of weather variations on both the natural environment and all life within it. When the natural environment does not provide its usual resources, people must be willing to conserve what is available. After consulting a chart of average annual rainfall compared to rainfall in 2001-2002, students will make decisions about the need to conserve water.
Author: 
Wayne Gorry
Grade Range: 
4-5
Duration: 
1-2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
image/jpeg iconStudent Example
application/pdf iconArizona Rainfall: Average Yearly Rainfall in a Normal Period map
application/pdf iconRainfall Totals for the Drought Year map
Standards
Arizona Geography Concepts: 
1: The World in Spatial Terms
2: Places and Regions
3: Physical Systems
6: Geographic Applications
National Geography Standards: 
16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources