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Hot and Cold Places: Climate Zones

  • Grade 2
  • Social Studies
  • 59 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC2-SS-08

A simple globe builds up one band at a time: the equator, the hot band around the middle, the cold caps at the North and South Poles, and the bands in between with warm summers and colder winters, named together as climate zones. A polar bear's thick fur, low plants out of the wind, an elephant's big ears and a cactus that stores water then appear beside their bands to show that plants and animals fit their climate, ending on the recap "Mostly hot near the equator, cold near the poles."

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The question this lesson answers

Where is it hot, and where is it cold?

Here is our Earth, round like a ball.

Transcript

What the lesson says

Where is it hot, and where is it cold?

Here is our Earth, round like a ball.

The equator is an imaginary line around the middle.

Near the equator, most places are hot all year.

Near the North and South Poles, it is cold.

In between, summers are warm and winters are colder.

These are climate zones, each with its usual weather.

Plants and animals fit the climate where they live.

A polar bear has thick fur to keep warm.

Low plants stay out of the cold, strong wind.

An elephant flaps its big ears to cool down.

A cactus stores water for hot, dry days.

Mostly hot near the equator, cold near the poles.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 2

Social Studies, Land and environment: diverse features of the environment in other parts of Canada and the worldBC2-SS-08

Previous: Landforms and Bodies of Water

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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