5. Canada's Climatic Regions
http://bpimm.weebly.com/climate-zones-in-canada.html
Canada's Climate Zones
Arctic
- Covered by snow and ice, extreme conditions
- Average Temperatures range from-25 to 12 degrees
- Precipitation is usually snow, less than 200mm
- Costal areas have more precipitation
- Consists of the Northern arctic, southern arctic, and arctic cordillera
Taïga
- Also known as the Tundra
- Located south of the arctic tree line
- Coniferous trees
- Contains muskeg type soil
- Continental climate
Cordilleran
- Varies from cold winters to mild summers
- Higher elevation, therefore temperature is lower
- Average temperatures range from -25 to 15 degrees.
- More average precipitation, usually snow. (500-1000mm)
- Coniferous trees below the tree line.
- Montane cordillera, boreal cordillera
Maritime
- Also known as the oceanic climate
- Moderated temperatures from the ocean
- Lowest annual temp 3-15 degrees (pacific) -4 - 17 (atlantic)
- Temperate rainforest
- Average precipitation 600-2000mm (pacific) ; 1000-1400mm (atlantic)
- watershed area
Boreal
- Located in the southern part of the taiga region
- Mostly coniferous forests, some deciduous trees.
- Continental climate (away from the oceans)
- Average precipitation is 400- 1000 mm
- Cold winters and warm dry summer
- Average temperatures range from -15 - 17º c
Prairie
- Flat topographical relief area
- Few trees, mainly grass and herbs
- Continental climate
- Cold winters and hot, dry summers.
- Average temperatures from -15 to 18 degrees
- Little precipitation
Southeastern
-Also known as the Mixed wood plains
- Fertile soil
- Cool winter, warm summers
- Average temperatures from -5 to 17 degrees
- Average precipitation (avg. 700-1000m)
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LESSON #1 : Canada's Regional Weather
Activity #1:
- Summarize Top 10 Weather Events in Canada 2014.
- Go to the site and for each weather event for the year 2014
(1 to 10) summarize the information for each.
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1. Look at Satellite Images of Canadian Weather
- What patterns do you see
2. Canada's Climate Regions : An Overview
Watch Clip on Canada's Climate:
Why can't we predict the weather?
YouTube Video
Activity #1:
- Summarize Top 10 Weather Events in Canada 2014.
- Go to the site and each storm (1 to 10) and summarize the information for each.
5. Climate Regions Map of Canada (Master):
- Outline Worksheet
4, Complete 3 regional maps of Landform Regions, Climate and Vegetation regions
Canada;s Regions- Comparing Climate
PART C : Climate Graphs.
PART D: Enrichment Activity
Canada's Top 10 Climatic Events.:
- Print Worksheet here and summarize the events from one storm in each year.
- Step 1: Go to the main page for every year (see side legend)
Step 2: Read the top part for each year: Example for 2012..
read " Year in Review - 2012 Weather Stories"
Step 3- At the end of the the paragraph click on
see full story.....Z
Step 4- After reading about the storms of that year, pick one, go back and
read the whole story.
Step 5- Summarize key facts/effects/impacts of the storm