Educating Esquivels

Introducing weather vs climate can be easy with this lab! Students use skittles to discover the difference. Each student will need an individual bag of skittles to complete this lab. Data will vary. No answer key included.

Students will use the website weather underground to record the temperatures on their birthday and birth place from the year 2000-2023. They will look for trends within their data and graph their data. This resource creates buy in from students through their birthday and allows them to generate their own data. If students are born in a populated larger city, there is significant more data available and students could see the increase from around 1950. *Most* places will have a slight increase i

This activity focuses on analyzing an AI image of a town run on various types of energy. Students are able to analyze the image to determine if the locations make sense for each source. This provides great conversation in the classroom as students are able to point out the parts that do not make sense due to the image being AI created.

Students can use google or articles to find advantages and disadvantages of these renewable and nonrenewable resources. This is a great way to introduce energy.

As a teacher you will need clear containers per group, this can be clear plastic organizing containers or even plastic salad containers would work. Students will determine through a CER if wave depth affects wave speed. A great interactive lesson for students.

This severe weather system chart is an excellent resource for students. They will be able to analyze how each low pressure system storm is created and where many of them form. This can be done in a variety of ways: whole class, students find the answers on their own, students find the answers then the teacher goes over it. While completing this in my own class, I let each row of students complete a topic, then we shared the answers out loud. Have included a finished product by one of my classes

Students record the weather for multiple days in order to analyze patterns.

This resource matches with the Georgia standard S6E6b. It allows students to analyze different conservation practices and examine their effectiveness. No answer key is included.

A great review for going over properties of minerals and mineral characteristics.

This is an excellent review for students as they prepare for a test on weather. This can be used as a daily grade, review, or opener/closing. When completing this in my own class, I gave students about 30 seconds to a minute at each station.