Graphing Weather Data Concepts

Christy Belardo, an environmental educator at Mohonk Preserve, presents a lesson on graphing weather data. The lesson is suitable for students from lower elementary to high school. It guides teachers on accessing historical weather data from Mohonk Preserve and NOAA, and demonstrates how to graph this data. For younger students, a bar graph of weather types is created, while older students learn to graph temperature trends. The lesson encourages creative data visualization and exploration of weather patterns.

What is the primary focus of the lesson 'Graphing Weather Data'?

• Guiding students in graphing weather data

• Helping students understand climate change

• Teaching students how to predict weather

• Explaining the water cycle

Where can you find over 124 years of weather data recorded by Mohonk Preserve?

• Local library

• Mohonk Preserve website

• Weather channel

• School textbooks

What type of data can be accessed from the Mohonk Preserve's weather archive?

• Air pressure readings

• Humidity levels

• Wind speed and direction

• Daily temperature and precipitation readings

What did Christy Belardo record during her time in quarantine?

• Air pressure

• Humidity levels

• Types of weather observed

• Wind speed

For lower elementary students, what type of graph is used to represent weather data?

• Scatter plot

• Pie chart

• Bar graph

• Line graph

What should be labeled on the X and Y axes of a bar graph?

• X-axis: Weather types, Y-axis: Temperature

• X-axis: Number of days, Y-axis: Temperature

• X-axis: Temperature, Y-axis: Weather types

• X-axis: Weather types, Y-axis: Number of days

What is the purpose of using different colors in the line graph for older students?

• To differentiate between max and min temperatures

• To show temperature changes over time

• To highlight important data points

• To make the graph more colorful

What can students learn by analyzing the line graph of temperatures?

• Measure humidity levels

• Understand global warming

• Identify trends and calculate slopes

• Predict future weather patterns

What might cause a drastic change in temperature according to the lesson?

• A sudden increase in humidity

• A change in wind direction

• A storm or snow event

• A shift in air pressure

What is the benefit of visualizing weather data as described in the lesson?

• It simplifies complex climate models

• It helps in predicting future weather

• It makes data more accessible to the public

• It paints a picture of local weather patterns