1. Table of Contents DateTitleLesson # 8/25CHAMPs – Focus1 8/26Spatial Analysis2 8/285 Themes of Geography3 8/295 A’s4 9/2Tools5 9/3Physical Processes6 9/23Climographs7

2. Part 5 - Climograph Your tasks today… 1.Identify what is shown on a climograph. 2.Create 2 climographs for the capital cities of fictional countries.

3. Climographs Definition  Climographs are a graphic representation of the climate in a given area. 5 Themes of Geography – Place –What is it like there? –You could use a climograph to tell you

4. Hilo, Hawaii – Tropical Wet Climographs include… 1.a line graph measuring average temperature and… 2.a bar graph measuring average rainfall for each month. Rainfall Temperature

6. Las Vegas Climograph - Desert

7. Houston – Humid Subtropical Las Vegas - Desert Task  complete the questions below in your notebook… 1.How are the climates of Houston and Las Vegas different? 2.How do you know?

8. Climograph Help Tips 1.Use the key 2.Line graph is always temperature (warm/cold = line, 4 X 4) 3.Bar graph is always precipitation (wet = bar, 3 X 3) 4.Can a place have -10 precipitation? Can a place have - 10 for temperature? Task  Complete the questions below in your notebook… 1.How would a farmer use a climograph? 2.How would a tourist use a climograph? 3.What are 3 other professions in which people would find a climograph useful?

9. Making Your Climograph Complete each of the following steps… 1.Choose two climate zones from the list on the next slide 2.Use p. 60-63 to record the characteristics of your capital’s climate in your notebook. (No graphing yet.) 3.Create your climograph. Use p. 64 to help you. -Don’t forget your key -Make up the rainfall and temperature amounts, but make sure they could really happen. -Remember, which is the line graph? Which is the bar graph? -Resource: http://drought.unl.edu/whatis/climographsdomesticenglish.htm http://drought.unl.edu/whatis/climographsdomesticenglish.htm

10. Major Climate Regions Tropical Wet: Always hot and rain falls almost daily (Amazon Rainforest) Desert: Receives less than 10 inches of rain per year (Phoenix, AZ) Semiarid: Receives between 10 and 16 inches of rain per year (West Texas) Mediterranean: Dry and hot summers, cool and rainy winters (Los Angeles, CA) Humid Subtropical: Hot and humid summers, mild to cool winters (Houston, Tx) Marine West Coast: Located close to warm ocean currents. Moderate temperatures and constant rainfall (Seattle, WA). Humid Continental: Hot summers and Cold winters. Located in the interior, far away from oceans. Have four distinct seasons (St. Louis, MO). Tundra: Always cold. Flat, treeless lands around the Arctic Ocean. Very little rain. Land has permafrost. (Greenland)