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Climate Ribbons on the Bridgeway

Compare long-term temperature and precipitation records from Valparaiso and Mombasa on a city bridge walkway.

Grade 3ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3-ESS2-2

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students use temperature and precipitation records to describe climates in two world regions.
Students compare climate patterns using data from graphs and written records.
Students explain why long-term records give better climate evidence than one day's weather.

How to use

Read the bridge walkway climate notes together, then have students use the graphs and records to compare the two places. Ask students to cite numbers in both written responses.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

3-ESS2-2

Use information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

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Climate Ribbons on the Bridgeway

Use long-term temperature and precipitation information to compare two places.

Read the climate records

Read the notes about the climate ribbon display. Use the graphs and notes to answer the questions.

A Climate Ribbon Display

The Rivergate Bridge Walkway has a display about places around the world. Students made two climate ribbons for the display. One ribbon represents Valparaiso, a coastal city in Chile. The other represents Mombasa, a coastal city in Kenya.

The students used average records gathered over many years. These records describe climate, which is the usual pattern of temperature and precipitation in a place. A record from one rainy day describes weather, not the whole climate.

In Valparaiso, the average temperature was 18°C in January and 12°C in July. Average precipitation was 5 millimeters in January, 25 millimeters in April, 100 millimeters in July, and 35 millimeters in October. The average yearly precipitation was 400 millimeters.

In Mombasa, the average temperature was 28°C in January and 24°C in July. Average precipitation was 25 millimeters in January, 250 millimeters in April, 60 millimeters in July, and 110 millimeters in October. The average yearly precipitation was 1,000 millimeters.