Lesson plan
Hot Town--Summer in the City
GeoLiteracy
Legacy
Description
In this lesson students will explore GeographicInquiry using the topic of urban heat-islands.
Students will apply geographic tools to gather data,
research information, and take informed action.
This process can then be duplicated to look at and
hopefully take action on other problems of their choice.
Duration
5 class periodsAuthor
Gale Olp Ekiss and
Carol Carney Warren
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
14: How human actions modify the physical environment
15: How physical systems affect human systems
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
Teacher Instructions
EkissWarrenHotT.pdf
(155 KB)
Student Materials
EkissWarrenHotS.pdf
(132.66 KB)
EkissWarrenS1.xlsx
(54.56 KB)
campusmapLaMesa.pdf
(505 KB)
PhoenixDaySurfaceTemps2018-07-02.pdf
(923.89 KB)
PhoenixNightSurfaceTemps2018-07-02b.pdf
(305.36 KB)