Apr. 20, 2011: Our Changing Climate

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Activities:

1. Draw a picture of yourself having fun in your favorite weather. Write a sentence telling why it is your favorite.

2. Use newspaper words and pictures to make a weather collage. Put a star by any words/pictures that tell about or show forms of precipitation.

3. In the newspaper, circle any products that use solar energy in red. Circle articles about solar or wind energy in green.

4. What do these things show about climate change: (a) more snow, (b) droughts, (c) polar bears, and (d) floods?

5. Research extreme weather events in your state. Write a history of extreme weather where you live.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand changes in the Earth and sky. (Science: Earth and Space Science)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)