Everybody
talks about the weather! You and a partner will continue this tradition and
select the city in the United States with the best weather to talk about.
Your
first task will be to define "best weather." Then you will use
what you know about geography, landforms, and waterforms in order to select a
city that you think has the "best weather". You will collect data from weather websites about
its weather. You will present your conclusions
in poster format.
Use the links below to do your research.
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Discuss and come up with a team definition of "best weather." Use such variables as temperature and precipitation. |
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Using a United States map on the U.S. Atlas link above and the other provided internet links (as well as your knowledge of geography, landforms and water forms), gather information that will help you decide what city in the United States best meets your definition of a "best weather" city. |
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Decide as a team, based on the data, which one of your cities is the "best weather city”. |
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Go to various online weather and city sites to obtain data about monthly high and low temperatures and rainfall for your city. |
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Represent this data in a table and a graph. You and your partner will be creating a spreadsheet to construct your tables and graphs. (Click here for the Weather Record.) You complete the table and your teacher will instruct you on creating the graph. |
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Write a summary that explains why you think this is the “best weather city”. |
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Present your conclusions in poster format. This poster will contain all 5 graphs and your summary, as well as images from the “best weather city”. |
Use
this rubric to be sure your poster is a success!
In
this activity, you will use the internet as a data source for a problem solving
activity. You will be connecting real-world weather data to analysis and
representation. You will use your reasoning skills to reach a conclusion based
on the data, and will communicate your conclusions in poster format.
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