Please read our disclaimer. In this lesson for grades 8-12, students take the role of a reporter assigned to write a report on El Nino. After the chief gives guidelines about what should be in the report, students collect information from a friend who explains the phenomenon. They also can explore further by acquiring data from other web sites.
Students then write their report in whatever format their classroom teacher decides.
A teacher's guide is also available. It consists of explanatory sections on El Nino, student activity assignments, and links to other external El Nino sites where students can collect the data to answer the questions. The Current Situation. Resources for teachers. A Teacher's Guide is available.