The Designing a Lesson page of this Teachers' Internet Use Guide can be customized for your class. Here's one possibility. Science And Math Initiatives database. You can print it out using either Netscape or Internet Explorer. To customize the lesson, you'll need to decide what additional activities to add to the lesson.
Students check today's weather forecast on The Weather Channel Web site for the closest major city.
Tomorrow, students compare their actual measurements with the temperature given on the Web site. Compare this temperature with the forecast. Students download a map for their geographical region from the National Climatic Data Center , from exactly one year ago. Compare today's maximum or minimum temperature with the one shown on the map for the nearest large city, using the colors shown on the legend. Creating Clear Learning Objectives Step 3.