Comparing Arizona’s Temperatures

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Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
This map activity has students discover the difference in temperatures across the state by looking at the various seasons. Students will learn vocabulary terms such as weather, climate, elevation, and the seasons as well as practice averaging numbers.
Author: 
Karen Guerrero and Gale Ekiss
Grade Range: 
4-7
Duration: 
30 minutes
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconHistory of Arizona’s Average Temperatures for Selected Places (Grades 6-8)
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconElevation Cards
application/pdf iconTemperature Averages for Labels on Colored Disks
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf iconWinter Cards (Grades 4-5)
application/pdf iconSpring Cards (Grades 4-5)
application/pdf iconSummer Cards (Grades 4-5)
application/pdf iconFall Cards (Grades 4-5)
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface