| If you live in an area of the world that | | | | how the weather for the month of November |
| sometimes has snow at Christmas you know | | | | and December compares to previous years. Has |
| about the annual anticipation of whether or not it | | | | it been colder or warmer? Why could that be? |
| will be a white Christmas. | | | | Reading these maps is also a great time to |
| Will it be a white Christmas in your town? Are the | | | | introduce the concepts of Lake Effect Snow that |
| odds strong or weak? Are there places in the | | | | is especially prominent around the Great Lakes. |
| United States that are guaranteed to have snow | | | | There are maps online that show this data also |
| on Christmas? | | | | and explains the process of Lake Effect. |
| Your students can use the internet to read maps | | | | Combine this activity with others to create a set |
| of historic data to decide what the chances are | | | | of literacy work stations or centers based around |
| for your area to see snow on Christmas. | | | | the holiday theme. |
| After looking at the historic data, use the internet | | | | Use the holiday season as a disguise for finding |
| to find the local forecast for your particular area. | | | | information, reading maps, analyzing historic data |
| Students may have different information to | | | | versus current conditions, and sharing with |
| analyze based on where they stay or travel to | | | | classmates. This is the kind of information that |
| for the holiday. | | | | kids will go home and share with their families. |
| Another aspect of the weather to compare is | | | | |