Lesson plan:1) cold call on students to explain the x and y axis. Then contrast the first pair of cities by asking “On

your birthday, list what your five senses would experience in the two locations.

2) Google earth fly to the first two locations. Do the slide while students take notes onto guided

notes.3) Repeat #2 for the other pairs of cities

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Attention teacher: Students' notes will look like this:

Warmup, Staple in your six graphs please label the six graphs:

l Iowal Rome

l Iowal Iceland

l Iowal Winnepeg, Canada

Purpose: Different countries have different CLIMATE. Why?

Today we will LOOK AT Google Earth FOR CLIMATE INROME, ICELAND, & WINNEPEGCOMPARED TO IOWA

1st Pair

water isn't only good at storing heat (as we saw in the Rome / Des Moines example above), it is also good at moving heat around the planet.  There is a current of warm water that is heated in the Gulf of Mexico and then flows NE to Iceland.  This "Gulf Stream" carries a lot of heat to Iceland, keeping it from getting too cold in the winter time.

2nd Pair

3rd Pair

Weather – the temperature and

moisture at a certain time

Climate – the pattern of temperature and

moisture pattern for dozens of years in a

certain place

1. weather?2. climate?

“I'm moving to Utah. They get deep powder snow in winter”

1. weather?2. climate?

“I'm moving to Utah. They get deep powder snow in winter”

1. weather?2. climate?

“Bring an umbrella to school today, I read in the newspaper there will be a downpour.”

1. weather?2. climate?

“Bring an umbrella to school today, I read in the newspaper there will be a downpour.”

1. weather?2. climate?

“I would never leave Wisconsin, it gets warm summers and snowy winters.”

1. weather?2. climate?

“I would never leave Wisconsin, it gets warm summers and snowy winters.”

1. weather?2. climate?

“In the old days Lake Monona was frozen by Christmas. Now it doesn't freeze until mid-

January..”

1. weather?2. climate?

“In the old days Lake Monona was frozen by Christmas. Now it doesn't freeze until mid-

January..”

1. weather?2. climate?

“I blew it. I wore a sweater today but the other kids all knew to wear shorts.”

1. weather?2. climate?

“I blew it. I wore a sweater today but the other kids all knew to wear shorts.”

Following slides are Not for class. Following text to be helpful for teachers or students wanting to learn more about the graphs. Text source unknown.

water isn't only good at storing heat (as we saw in the Rome / Des Moines example above), it is also good at moving heat around the planet.  There is a current of warm water that is heated in the Gulf of Mexico and then flows NE to Iceland.  This "Gulf Stream" carries a lot of heat to Iceland, keeping it from getting too cold in the winter time.

water isn't only good at storing heat (as we saw in the Rome / Des Moines example above), it is also good at moving heat around the planet.  There is a current of warm water that is heated in the Gulf of Mexico and then flows NE to Iceland.  This "Gulf Stream" carries a lot of heat to Iceland, keeping it from getting too cold in the winter time.

water isn't only good at storing heat (as we saw in the Rome / Des Moines example above), it is also good at moving heat around the planet.  There is a current of warm water that is heated in the Gulf of Mexico and then flows NE to Iceland.  This "Gulf Stream" carries a lot of heat to Iceland, keeping it from getting too cold in the winter time.

•cool air from the arctic and the warm air from the Gulf of Mexico often meet right around here over the middle of the state