The Sun and Us

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 21.04.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction & Rationale
  2. Demographics
  3. Content Objectives
  4. Unit Content
  5. Teaching Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Resources
  8. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  9. Notes

The Sun & Chicago: Its Weather, Climate, and Climate Change

Alexandra Wagner

Published September 2021

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Notes

(1) Image credit: NASA from https://climate.nasa.gov/

(2) Image credit: Wikimedia CC-BY-SA-2.0 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox#/media/File:Earth-lighting-equinox_EN.png

(3) Image credit: scijinks.gov, a NOAA product at https://scijinks.gov/climate-zones/

(4) Image credit: https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/9/graphic-earths-temperature-record/

(5) NOAA and The National Weather Service provide free historic weather data for a multitude of areas. The search function allows teachers to find the weather information they want students to look at and NOAA will email it as a table. The table is student-friendly to look at and can be printed to assist with graphing weather trends. (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/)

(6) Weather and climate NGSS standards for third grade can be found at https://www.nextgenscience.org/topic-arrangement/3weather-and-climate

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