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Nov 21, 2023 · In this lesson, learn what a climograph is and how to read a climograph to derive information. See climograph examples to understand its uses.
- Most often, a plotted line is used to denote the average temperature of a location during a specific month of the year. In some instances, no plott...
- To read a climograph, place a finger on the label of the desired month, which is most often found on the bottom horizontal axis of the graph. To fi...
- A climograph is a visual representation of a location or region's physical characteristics. They are important because they help to describe the av...
- Climographs are advantageous because they allow a reader or analyst to make inferences about a region's economic opportunities, vegetation and wild...
- Scientists use climographs to gain a general understanding of a location's climate on a monthly basis over the course of a year.. Climograph reader...
- Purpose
- Prerequisites
- What To Do and How To Do It
- Step 5. Class discussion
- Credits
- Assessment
- Saskatoon, Canada
- Part D: Make a one-year climograph.
- Key
Students learn how to construct and interpret climographs and understand how climate differs from weather.
Familiarity with basic mathematics such as calculating means and sums Familiarity with building basic graphs, charts, and tables Familiarity with metric measurement units (temperature and distance)
Step 1. Introduce the similarities and differences between weather and climate. Begin the lesson by asking students the difference between weather and climate. Note their answers on a Venn diagram on the board. Add that both climate and weather are often described with information about temperature and precipitation. Share the following examples: C...
Discuss as a class whether one year of weather data can accurately convey the climate of a specifi location. Have students summarize what they learned. Ask students how missing data and extreme weather events affect a one year climograph.
This activity is part of GLOBE Data Explorations, a collection of activities developed by the UCAR Center for Science Education (scied.ucar.edu), a GLOBE Partner. Activities were reviewed by science educators and staff at GIO and field tested by teachers.
The graph on Student Activity Sheet B will indicate whether students understand the format of a climograph. The answers on Student Activity Sheet C will indicate whether students understand the reason for averaging many years of weather data to understand climate of a location.
Climographs courtesy of the National Drought Mitigation Center (U.S.) http://drought.unl.edu/DroughtBasics/WhatisClimatology ✪
You’ll need: three colored pencils (one light color and two darker colors), a ruler, and the graph template below. Make a bar graph below with the monthly precipitation totals that you recorded on Student Activity Sheet A on the graph below. Make each bar the width of the dotted lines and color it in with a light colored pencil. Color the precipita...
average high temperature average low temperature total monthly precipitation How are the graphs similar? How are the graphs different? Make a hypothesis about the biggest difference that you see. Can a one-year climate graph convey the climate of a location?
Objectives. Students will be able to: Identify graph types and relate graph type to the data set. Demonstrate the ability to create a climograph from a dataset. Analyze difference in trends between graphs. Apply knowledge of climate patterns to understand change in climate over time . Procedure. 1. Introduce students to climographs. 2.
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In this lesson, students learn about how to read, analyze, and construct climographs. They also practice matching climographs to locations in the United States and in Africa, and discerning climate patterns and making some predictions about their effects on humans in different places in Africa.
Climographs (also called climatographs) are graphic representations of average temperature and precipitation that are used to describe the climate of a place. A climograph shows two different types of information on the same graph. Take a look at the sample climographs below. Notice that on the x-axis (horizontal) are the months of the year.
A climograph or climate graph is a visual representation of average monthly conditions at a location over the course of a year. It focuses on average monthly temperature and average monthly precipitation. CLIMOGRAPH: New York, NY (LGA)1 . Elev.: 11 ft2 . Lat: 40° 47'N . Long: 73° 53'W3.
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Questions: 1. For what range of years is the “historical” climograph data? _____ 2. For what range of years is the “recent” climograph data?_____ 3. Comparing the temperatures throughout the year in Anchorage, what conclusion can you make about the change in average temperatures when comparing historical and recent data?
