Heat: Maps of Temperature

• This beautifully designed interactive world heat map allows students to see how different global warming scenarios will impact the temperature around the world. 
• Students can read stories, which are tagged on the map, about how global warming is affecting people and their environments. 

Positives

• This map is very simple and intuitive while providing an impressive amount of information.
• Clicking the question mark in the top right-hand corner of the screen will lead students on a helpful tour of the resource.
• Temperatures are provided in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.

Additional Prerequisites

• Clicking on the circular "i" icon will provide more information, which is especially helpful for the "wet-bulb" data sets.
• Students should pay close attention to how the legend changes when they choose a new data set.
  

Differentiation

• Middle school science, geography, or math classes could assign students specific cities to research using this resource. Instruct students to zoom in on their city and click on a box to get specific data. Students can record the average temperature for each warming scenario and then make a line graph to show how the average temperature is expected to change as the global temperature rises.
• Biology and health classes could discuss why wet-bulb days are dangerous for humans.
• Other resources on this topic include this IPCC video on the potential impacts of global warming reaching 1.5°C, this article on the increase in wet-bulb temperatures, and this video on the rising temperatures in Jacobabad, Pakistan.
  

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