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Climate Literacy
This Simulation/Interactive builds on the following concepts of Climate Literacy.
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Teaching Tips
- Educator might want to walk students through an example location and look at the graphs, their axes, and what the trend lines indicate.
- Students can compare and contrast regions in the US for drought events over time. Data is updated every week, which allows students to make predictions using current weather conditions.
About the Content
- A series of maps and graphs that illustrate drought conditions in the US (by county) between 2000 and the present month. Updated weekly. A timescale below each image shows significant drought events clearly, over the given time interval.
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Comments from expert scientist:
Scientific strengths:
- High resolution map with time series (2000-2018) and different levels of drought severity
- The Drought Classification is very helpful in understanding the map key and data sources
About the Pedagogy
- Data is displayed in color-coded (by drought intensity) line graphs showing yearly trends as well as the most current 8-week period. Additionally, a slider allows user to zero in on specific dates between 2000 and present.
- "Learn More" button takes user to the US Drought Monitor website for information about drought monitor classification scheme and the data behind the tracker.
