As a class predict the number of daylight hours for a particular month and place bar strip on graph. Students whose birthday corresponds to the next month to be graphed will go to the bar graph and predict how much sunlight their birthday month has compared to the previously graphed month. Using the chosen month, have class predict how much light there is, place the bar on the graph, and help students see how to find the amount of hours by reading across to the Y axis. Ask the class if the bar graph has a pattern. Winter months have shorter length bars.
More sunlight contributes to warmer temperatures.
Brainstorm how this pattern of light and temperature can affect human activity. Group activity Break class into groups of 4-6. Each group places activity cards on the Venn Diagram poster and explains why their choice of placement on the Diagram. Question students to connect the activity just completed with the graph earlier. Develop questions that ask students to consider how the amount of daylight hours and outdoor temperatures affect the activities they might do in specific months.