Happy Friday!
Homework: Color the clothing on
your climatograph handout.
(tank top, shorts, jacket, mittens,
jeans, bathing suit, etc…)
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Today’s Goals
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Warm up
Check reinforcement
Complete biome notes- if needed
Learn climatographs
Practice climatographs
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Warm up- collected today
 Describe the water type that is found in
an estuary.
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Take out last night’s
homework and biomes notes
 Reinforcement worksheet on the biomes
 Let’s check our work
 I don’t think the weather is going to
cooperate with our outside time. 
 We can adjust! Be flexible!
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Savanna
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Africa and South America
Dry season: 34˚C on average
Wet season: 16˚C on average
Up to 150 cm of rain a year
Rains for 6-8 months out of the year
followed by a drought
 Tall grasses and trees with high
branches
Animals of the Savanna
Plants of the Savanna
Desert
 Western United States, South America,
Africa, Middle East, and Australia
 Summer: 38˚C on average
 Winter: 7˚C on average
 Less than 25 cm of rain a year
 Very few plants and animals live in this
dry biome
Animals of the Desert
Plants of the Desert
Climatographs
Based on the namewhat do you think a
climatograph is?
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How to Read a Climatograph:
 A quick way to get an idea of the climate of
a particular place is to look at a "climategraph," or "climatograph."
 A climatograph is what scientists create to
show a particular location's average
temperature and precipitation during the
year.
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Sample Climatograph
 The bars on the graph
represent precipitation.
 Read it on the left.
 The line represents
temperature.
 Read it on the right.
 All these numbers are
averages per month.
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How to Read a Climatograph:
 You can find out what the weather is like where
you live by looking out the window or by stepping
outside.
 Weather refers to temperature, precipitation (rain and
snow), and the wind's direction and speed at a specific
time.
 Scientists who study the weather collect information
from different places on Earth and come up with
averages, or typical types of weather, for a particular
place.
 This average, or typical type of weather that occurs
during a 30 year time frame, is called the "climate."
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Sample Climatograph
 The bars on the graph
represent precipitation.
 Read it on the left.
 The line represents
temperature.
 Read it on the right.
 All these numbers are
averages per month.
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Sample Climatograph
 The months of the
year are along the
bottom of the
graph.
 The letters J, F, M,
etc., stand for
January, February,
March, etc.
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Climatograph: Answer the question using it.
 What is coldest month?
 Hottest month?
 Wettest month?
 Driest month?
 Temp. in July?
 Temp. in December?
 Hottest season?
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Use the climatograph to answer the
questions.
 What is coldest
month?
 Hottest month?
 Wettest month?
 Driest month?
 Temp. in May?
 Temp. in March?
 Hottest season?
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What would you wear?
Practice with climatographs
 http://www4.uwsp.edu/geO/faculty/ritter/i
nteractive_climate_map/climate_map.ht
ml
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Celsius Temperature Poem
 30 is hot.
 20 is nice.
 10 get a coat.
 0 is ice.
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