MIDWESTERN CLIMATE CENTER
Current Climate Situation in the Midwest

BY: Judith Allee, Cloverdale Elementary School

Site address: http://mcc.sws.uiuc.edu/figures.html

Theme: Precipitation/Temperature

Grade Levels: all

Annotation of site:

This site gives great graphics on temperature and precipitation for a seven day period and thirty day period. Great color! The graphics make it easy for younger children to "read" the current climate data for cities and regions.

Geography Standards addressed:

• #1) How to use maps and other graphic representations, tools and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.

Indiana Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:

• Demonstrate Indiana’s geographical relationship with the rest of the world.