Lake Ice-Out: Lesson 1 - On Thin Ice

• This online lesson is the first of four lessons about the changing timing of ice-out day for a lake in Maine and how it has affected the people and events in that community.
• Students are guided through readings, an interactive map, and comprehension questions that they answer online.
  

Positives

• This lesson is easy to implement and provides a glossary for students.
• Students will be able to practice their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students will need access to devices and the Internet, although they can work in pairs or groups.
• You may need to have students expand the interactive map to the full screen view in order to read the text.
  

Differentiation

• This lesson would connect well to a geography lesson about the climate conditions common at various latitudes.
• Have students think about how elevation and latitude can affect ice-out day, then have them look at global maps of biomes that can reveal the locations of similar environments to the lake in this lesson.
• The answers to the questions can be printed off or used in class discussions after the lesson is complete.
• Have students write out the vocabulary terms and definitions in a student notebook before beginning the lesson to enhance their understanding of the content during the lesson.
  

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