1. What is this and what is it showing?

2. Learning Objectives ALL: understand that Russia has a range of different climates MOST: be able to identify some of the different climates of Russia from the climate graphs. SOME: to draw a climate graph and interpret climate graph.

3. Weather and Climate Defined Weather is the day to day weather conditions an example of this is Climate is the average weather conditions usually over a 30 year period.

9. Russia’s Climate

10. Now answer the following Questions! Which months are the coldest in Russia? What is the average temperature for Russia? How much rainfall did Russia receive during August? Which months are the warmest in Russia?

11. How would you survive a Russian Winter? In some cities in Russia the temperature can drop to a whopping -30 (degrees Celsius). In rural Russia this can drop to a chilling -60 How do you think Russia citizens cope with such extreme temperatures?