1. Objective (READ)
SWBAT explain what is found
on a climograph.
- Go in order, step 1,
step 2, step 3
- directions are in
parentheses
2. Question of the Day.
(TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)
3. Warm-up (ANSWER)
A. Which biome would you be able to make the
most money in? Explain why.
B. Which biome would you be able to make the
least amount of money in?
Table of Contents
Date
Title
Lesson #
**Thinking Like a Geographer**
9/2
Weathering
5
9/3
Internal Processes
6
9/7
Climate
7
9/9
Climographs
8
1. Make a new page called “Climographs”.
2. Label it page 8.
Climographs
REVIEW,
READ
ONLY
Major Climate Regions
1. Tropical : Hot and rainy year round
(Miami, FL)
2. Arid (Desert): Less than 10 inches of rain
per year (Phoenix, AZ)
3. Temperate: Hot and humid summers, mild
to cool winters Receives between 20 and
50 inches of rain per year (Washington DC)
REVIEW,
READ
ONLY
Major Climate Regions
4. Continental: Dry and hot summers,
cool and rainy winters (St. Louis, MO)
5. Polar: Very cold winters with
temperatures below zero, low
precipitation (Anchorage, AK)
How could you arrange climate data and
present it to a potential customer without
a map?
READ
ONLY
• Climographs - a graphic representation of
the climate in a city.
• Which of the 5 Themes of Geography
would a climograph show?
– Place: What is it like there?
COPY WHAT IS
IN THE BOX
COPY WHAT IS
IN THE BOX
•
Climographs
include…
1. a line graph
measuring
average
temperature
and…
2. a bar graph
measuring
average
rainfall for
each month.
Hilo, Hawaii – Tropical
Temperature
Rainfall
READ
ONLY
Las Vegas Climograph - Desert
Task  complete
the questions
below in your
notebook…
1. How are
the
climates of
Houston
and Las
Vegas
different?
2. How do
you know?
Houston – Humid Subtropical
Task  complete the questions below in
your notebook…
1. How are the climates of Houston and
Las Vegas different?
2. How do you know?
Las Vegas - Desert
Climograph Help
How to read a climograph
1. Use the key
Task  Complete the
questions below in
your notebook…
2.
Line graph = temperature
1. How would a farmer
use a climograph?
Bar graph = precipitation
2. How would a tourist
use a climograph?
3.
4.
Does what you’re thinking make
sense?
- Can it rain a negative amount?
- Are deserts usually cold?
5.
Check your axises
COPY WHAT IS
IN THE BOX
3. What is another
profession in which
people would find a
climograph useful?
Explain how they
would use it.
Climograph Assignment
• You have been hired by the US military to
analyze the climate of Baghdad.
• Major decisions will be made based on your
analysis of the climate of the city.
– He wants you to determine when is the best month to
launch an attack on the city.
• Your commander will present you with the
following directions…
Climograph Assignment Directions:
How to Make a Climate Graph:
1. Plot the data on RAIN (precipitation, shown in inches) as a
bar graph by month.
2. Plot the data on TEMP (temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
[F]) as a line graph by month.
3. Analyze the your climograph to describe the climates in
Baghdad.
A. What are the seasons like? When is it hot? When is it
cooler?
B. During which season(s) is it wet? During which season(s)
is it dry?
C. Predict the which climate zone Baghdad is in. Predict
which biome Baghdad is in.
D. When would you decide to launch the attack on Baghdad?
Jusitfy your decision.
Assignment - K
4. Locate a climograph for a city in the United States that could serve
as an example of each of the 5 Climate types: Tropical, Arid,
Temperate, Continental, Polar.
- Identify each climograph with the climate type it matches.
- You may print your assignment, email it, bring it on a flash drive, or
sketch the climographs on paper.
Use the resource below to locate climographs:
http://www.drought.unl.edu/whatis/climographsdomesticenglish.htm
Assignment - H
4. Locate a climograph for a city in the United States that could serve
as an example of each of the 6 Biomes: Rainforest, Grassland,
Temperate Forest, Desert, Taiga, Tundra
5. Identify four cities that are extremely susceptible to drought. Your
cities must meet the criteria below
A) Two must be susceptible to drought year round
B) Two must be susceptible to drought only during ONE season.
Identify the season in which they are most vulnerable.
6. How could these cities improve their drought vulnerability?
- What could they do to increase their water supply?
- What could they do to decrease their water usage?
Use the resource below to locate climographs:
http://www.drought.unl.edu/whatis/climographsdomesticenglish.htm