1. Eagle exercise drought El Niño Gulf Stream La Niña
Name of the ocean current that warms the British Isles
drought
El Niño
Gulf Stream
La Niña

2. Analyze meteorological data to predict weather conditions.
Standard
GLE Investigate the relationship between currents and oceanic temperature differences.
GLE
Analyze meteorological data to predict weather conditions.

3. EAGLE EXPECTATION/OBJECTIVE
I can…
identify the effects of El Niño on people and the environment
explain the El Niño and La Niña phenomena
map the patterns of El Niño and La Niña on a world map
describe the benefits of accurately predicting the next El Niño or La Niña

4. Guiding question
What are the characteristics of El Nino & La Nina? What devices are used to determine the phenomenons?

5. Turn –n- Talk Conversation Starter La Nina El Nino
WHAT TYPE OF PHEMOMENON IS BREWING HERE? Explain your answer.
WHAT TYPE OF PHEMOMENON IS BREWING HERE? Explain your answer.
La Nina
El Nino

6. VISUAL/AUDIO PERCEPTION
The Ocean and Weather: El Nino and La Nina

7. Check for Comprehension
What is El Nino?
an unusually warm ocean current
2. What type of weather accompanies El Niño?
accompanied by heavy rains and flooding
3. When does El Niño usually happen?
around Christmas every 2-7/2-12 years

8. Check for Comprehension
4. What is La Niña?
another weather phenomenon that includes unusually cold ocean temperatures that push warm surface water farther west than usual,
5. What type of weather does La Nina bring?
creating the opposite effects of El Niño—drought where El Niño brought floods and floods where El Niño brought drought

9. Check for Comprehension
What are some tools scientist Use to determine the onset of El Nino?

11. GRoup/Paired Activity
Group # 1: Map the patterns of El Niño and La Niña in the world's oceans.
Group # 2: White Board
Climate Kids
Group # 3: Computer
El Nino Activity Book pg. 3-9
Group # 4: Computer
El Nino WebQuest Worksheet .cfm

12. Re-Cap What are the characteristics of El Nino & La Nina?
How are scientist more equipped to predict their coming?

13. Where the Gulf Stream and other warm currents originate
Eagle exit
Where the Gulf Stream and other warm currents originate
drought
El Niño
Gulf Stream
La Niña