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Jules's School Kitchen Climate Journal

Read a student's school kitchen journal and climate graphs to compare temperatures and precipitation in three world regions.

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 information to describe climates in different world regions.
Students compare climate patterns and support claims with evidence from records and graphs.
Students distinguish long-term climate information from a single day's weather.

How to use

Read the journal aloud or have students read it with a partner. Review the graph units before students compare the regions and support their answers with data.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

3-ESS2-2

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

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Jules's School Kitchen Climate Journal

Use long-term records to compare climates in different world regions.

Read the field journal

Read Jules's journal entries. Use the climate records and graphs to answer the questions.

Notes from the School Kitchen

Jules is helping the school kitchen learn about foods that come from different parts of the world. For four days, Jules keeps a field journal at a climate-record station near the kitchen map. The class studies long-term records, which are averages collected over many years. Temperature is shown in degrees Celsius (°C). Precipitation includes rain and other forms of water that fall from the sky.

Day 1: The class chose three regions to compare: Reykjavik in Iceland, Nairobi in Kenya, and Alice Springs in Australia. Their records show average temperatures for January and July and average precipitation for a whole year.

Day 2: Jules copied these records. Reykjavik averages 0°C in January, 10°C in July, and 800 millimeters (mm) of precipitation each year. Nairobi averages 20°C in January, 15°C in July, and 900 mm each year. Alice Springs averages 30°C in January, 10°C in July, and 250 mm each year.

Day 3: A rainy afternoon occurred near the school kitchen. Jules wrote, “It rained today.” This is a weather observation for one day. It does not replace the long-term records.

Day 4: Jules looked for patterns. A climate description can include usual temperatures and how much precipitation a region receives over a long time. Jules planned to use more than one record before describing a region.