Kara's Corner

A great tool to use to introduce, teach, or review weather! Concepts include: * layers of the atmosphere * what makes weather? (humidity, temperature, air pressure, and wind) * air masses * fronts (warm, cold, and stationary) * reading a weather map * weather vs climate * what affects climate

This is an activity where 2 - 4 students work together to create a PowerPoint on an endangered or threatened animal. Each student has a role of either an engineer, nutritionist, environmentalist, or a zoologist. Students are responsible for their report that will go into the PowerPoint. This year, I had groups of 2 students, so each student took on two roles. This is a great way to review many topics: types of consumers, food chains, predators, physical traits, behavioral adaptations, ver