Table of Contents
Date
Title
Lesson #
8/25
CHAMPs – Focus
1
8/26
Spatial Analysis
2
8/28
5 Themes of Geography
3
8/29
5 A’s
4
9/2
Tools
5
9/3
Physical Processes
6
9/23
Climographs
7
Part 5 - Climograph
• Your tasks today…
1. Identify what is shown on a climograph.
2. Create a climograph for the capital city of
your island country.
Climographs
• Definition  Climographs are a graphic
representation of the climate in a given
area.
• 5 Themes of Geography – Place
– What is it like there?
– You could use a climograph to tell you
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?
Climographs
•
Climographs
include…
1. a line graph
measuring
average
temperature
and…
2. a bar graph
measuring
average rainfall
for each month.
Temperature
Rainfall
Climograph Help
•
1.
Tips
Use the key
Task  Complete
the questions
below in your
notebook…
2.
Line graph is always temperature
(warm/cold = line, 4 X 4)
1. How would a
farmer use a
climograph?
3.
Bar graph is always precipitation
(wet = bar, 3 X 3)
2. How would a
tourist use a
climograph?
4.
Can a place have -10
precipitation? Can a place have 10 for temperature?
3. What is another
profession in
which people
would find a
climograph
useful?
Making Your Climograph
•
Complete each of the following steps…
1. Create a climograph for a capital city of your
choice.
2. Use p. 60-63 to record the characteristics of
your capital’s climate in your notebook. (No
graphing yet.)
3. Create your climograph. Use p. 64 to help
you.
-
Don’t forget your key
Remember, which is the line graph? Which is the
bar graph?
Major Climate Regions
• Tropical Wet: Always hot and rain falls almost daily (Amazon
Rainforest)
• Desert: Receives less than 10 inches of rain per year
(Phoenix, AZ)
• Semiarid: Receives between 10 and 16 inches of rain per
year (West Texas)
• Mediterranean: Dry and hot summers, cool and rainy winters
(Los Angeles, CA)
• Humid Subtropical: Hot and humid summers, mild to cool
winters (Houston, Tx)
• Marine West Coast: Located close to warm ocean currents.
Moderate temperatures and constant rainfall (Seattle, WA).
• Humid Continental: Hot summers and Cold winters.
Located in the interior, far away from oceans. Have four
distinct seasons (St. Louis, MO).
• Tundra: Always cold. Flat, treeless lands around the Arctic
Ocean. Very little rain. Land has permafrost. (Greenland)
Activity  Project Work
Conversation Yes, whisper, to help kids
Help
1. directions, 2. notebook, 3. other
kids, 4. HAND, 5. text,
Activity
Creating a map. Completing steps
1, 3, 4, and 5.
Movement
No, regular seat at all times, use
hand signals
Participation
Right = sitting, making a map, whispering
Wrong = not working, talking loudly, not seated