Weather of United States Cities
Objectives: Students will be able to:
use the Internet to find high and low temperatures for cities (http://weather.com)
identify a state in which each city is located
locate U.S. states and their neighboring states
graph the high temperature for two cities for a week
Materials:
Computer with Internet access
Worksheets 3 and 4
Chart of U.S. cities and states
Procedure:
Use the Internet (http://weather.com) to locate weather.
Explain weather maps.
Distribute handouts. Find chart of U.S. cities and map of U.S.
Locate cities listed in handout.
Write high and low temperatures for each city.
Use the U.S. chart to identify the state in which each city is located.
Use the map of the United States, locate the states and cities listed.
Identify one neighboring state.
Evaluation:
Students complete handout. Which city has the warmest temperature today?
Which city has the coldest temperature today?
Additional Work:
Distribute Worksheet 4. Students use a crayon to record the low temperature of two cities. |