Climate Project
Pretend you are going on an amazing trip to Asia and Africa. You know that your family will want to hear all
about your travels, so you better document your experiences. On your trip you will visit the following places:
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Indonesia
Sahara Desert (North Africa)
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Kenya
Himalaya Mountains
Choose one of the following projects to document your trip.
Emails: Using complete sentences, type four emails home, one for each of the four locations you visited. Be
creative and descriptive in your emails. Make sure each email includes the following things:
 A greeting
 Name of the specific location you are visiting (a city, a specific landmark, a specific forest, etc.)
 Name of the climate zone you are in (use the world climate map on pages 2-3 along with your
reference atlas to help)
 2 characteristics of the climate zone (chart on page 60)
 1 fact about the vegetation/plant life (chart on page 60 or the map on pages 4-5)
 2 facts about the animal life found there (use the links on the homepage to help you)
 1 way the climate impacted you while you were there (use your brain for this one, consider what
clothes you had to wear, what activities you might have participated in that go along with the climate,
or something else that is appropriate for that location)
 Something fun that you did while you were there
 Closing salutation
Scrapbook: Create a scrapbook of facts and pictures from your trip.
 Create a scrapbook with a cover and 8 pages inside
 Include a title, picture, and your name on the cover of the scrapbook
 Create two pages for each place you visited
 For each location, provide the following facts: (These do NOT have to be in complete sentences)
o Specific place you visited (a city, a specific landmark, a specific forest, etc.)
o Name of the climate zone (use the world climate map on pages 2-3 along with your reference
atlas to help)
o 1 characteristic of the climate zone (chart on page 60)
o 1 fact about the vegetation/plant life (chart on page 60 or the map on pages 4-5)
o 1 fact about the animal life found there (use the links on the homepage to help you)
o 1 way the climate impacted you while you were there (use your brain for this one, consider
what clothes you had to wear, what activities you might have participated in that go along
with the climate, or something else that is appropriate for that location)
 For each location you must have at least 3 pictures (Your pictures could be of plants, animals, the
landscape, etc. The pictures can be printed off of the internet or hand drawn. If you make the
pictures go along with your facts, then you can use your facts as captions for your pictures.)
Name_______________________________________________
Period_____
Climate Project Rubric – EMAILS HOME
Score _______/90 points
Requirement
Indonesia Email: All required facts are included
Specific place, climate zone, 2 characteristics of
climate, 1 fact about vegetation, 2 facts about
animals, 1 way climate impacted you, and something
fun you did
Sahara Desert Email: All required facts are included
Specific place, climate zone, 2 characteristics of
climate, 1 fact about vegetation, 2 facts about
animals, 1 way climate impacted you, and something
fun you did
Kenya Email: All required facts are included
Specific place, climate zone, 2 characteristics of
climate, 1 fact about vegetation, 2 facts about
animals, 1 way climate impacted you, and something
fun you did
Himalayas Email: All required facts are included
Specific place, climate zone, 2 characteristics of
climate, 1 fact about vegetation, 2 facts about
animals, 1 way climate impacted you, and something
fun you did
Greetings and Closing Salutations: Each email had a
greeting and a closing salutation
Grammar and Paragraphing: Complete sentences
were used and there were no grammatical or spelling
errors
Creativity: The emails were creative and descriptive
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Indiana Academic Standards met:
-7.3.4 Identify and describe major physical characteristics of regions in Africa, Asia, and the SW Pacific.
-7.3.5 Explain how ocean currents and winds influence climate differences in Africa, Asia and the SW Pacific
-7.3.6 Compare climate regions of Africa, Asia, and the SW Pacific and explain why they differ.
-7.3.8 Describe ecosystems of Africa’s deserts and Asia’s mountains regions and rainforests.
-7.3.10 Describe the limitations that climate and land forms place on land or people in regions of Africa, Asia, and the SW
Pacific
Name_______________________________________________
Period_____
Climate Project Rubric – Scrapbook
Score _______/90 points
Requirement
Indonesia Facts: All required facts are included
Specific place, climate zone, 1 characteristic of
climate, 1 fact about vegetation, 1 fact about animals,
and 1 way climate impacted you
Sahara Facts: All required facts are included
Specific place, climate zone, 1 characteristic of
climate, 1 fact about vegetation, 1 fact about animals,
and 1 way climate impacted you
Kenya Facts: All required facts are included
Specific place, climate zone, 1 characteristic of
climate, 1 fact about vegetation, 1 fact about animals,
and 1 way climate impacted you
Himalayas Facts: All required facts are included
Specific place, climate zone, 1 characteristic of
climate, 1 fact about vegetation, 1 fact about animals,
and 1 way climate impacted you
Pictures: At least 3 pictures were included with each
location (total of 12 pictures inside your scrapbook)
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Cover: A cover page with a title, picture, and your
name was included
Appearance: The scrapbook is nice and neat. It
actually looks like a scrapbook
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-7.3.4 Identify and describe major physical characteristics of regions in Africa, Asia, and the SW Pacific.
-7.3.5 Explain how ocean currents and winds influence climate differences in Africa, Asia and the SW Pacific
-7.3.6 Compare climate regions of Africa, Asia, and the SW Pacific and explain why they differ.
-7.3.8 Describe ecosystems of Africa’s deserts and Asia’s mountains regions and rainforests.
-7.3.10 Describe the limitations that climate and land forms place on land or people in regions of Africa, Asia, and the SW
Pacific
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