During the first few weeks of this unit, students worked in pairs to analyze and graph data about various cities throughout the United States.  They tracked monthly precipitation, sunshine, temperature, hours of sunshine, and snow where applicable.  Each pair created a poster showing the data they had graphed.  This information was displayed for the rest of the class to see.  Each student then had to use the data to make a decision regarding what city they would rather live in based on the weather. 

As final project, students chose different climate zones to study and then worked in groups to build climate zone friendly homes.  These are their presentations.