Effect of Atmospheric Circulation on Climate

Positives

• This resource helps students visualize the major global wind patterns and how they influence climate.
• The interactive practice questions adapt to the student's answers to ensure understanding.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students will have to sign in to access some of the interactive features.
  
• Each student will need their own computer for the interactive questions.
  

Differentiation

• Cross-curricular connections could be made with history, geography, and social studies classes when discussing human exploration, migration, trade routes, and the relationships between climate, wind patterns, and historic civilizations.
• Other resources related to this topic include this lesson on the effect of latitude on climate and this Khan Academy video on global wind patterns.