Positives

• Students can work at their own pace through this self-guided textbook lesson, interacting with useful videos and questions throughout.
• Figures and graphics are included to illustrate the text.
• Students can check their understanding by taking an interactive quiz at the end of the lesson.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the concept of regions of the Earth having climate conditions different from what they experience.
• Students will need to sign in to use some of the interactive features.
• The video at the end of the lesson is an audio file with one image of a map accompanying the audio. Some students may have a hard time focusing on just listening to the audio, so turning on subtitles may help.

Differentiation

• Teachers could make simple graphic organizers for students to visualize the similarities and differences between the types of continental climates.
• Social studies classes could discuss how the climate in continental climates impacts other aspects of life and society in those regions.