Climate data and patterns
I can read information from climate graphs and identify patterns in data
Climate data and patterns
I can read information from climate graphs and identify patterns in data
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Climate data can be presented in graphs in different ways.
- Climate graphs usually show rainfall and temperature over a period of time, often as monthly figures over a year.
- The climate in different climate zones has distinct patterns of rainfall and temperature throughout a year.
- Climate has an impact on where and how people live.
Keywords
Climate graph - A climate graph shows the amount of precipitation and the temperature each month for a location.
Data - Data is a collection of information that can be analysed to help us answer a question.
Horizontal axis - The horizontal axis is the line of figures or data along the bottom of a graph.
Vertical axis - The vertical axis is a line of figures or data that is at the side of a graph.
Common misconception
In early work with graphs and charts, pupils can easily mix up the axes and try to put the values in the wrong places on graphs like climate graphs.
On graphs that show change over time, like climate graphs, the horizontal axis shows time (months of the year on a climate graph). The vertical axes are for numerical values representing measurements (rainfall and temperature on a climate graph).
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