Virginia Standards for Investigating Factors that Influence Climate

This resource supports earth science standards for grades 9-12. This assignment is based on the Virginia Standards of Learning ES.1a: The student will plan and conduct investigations in which volume, area, mass, elapsed time, direction, temperature, pressure, distance, density, and changes in elevation/depth are calculated utilizing the most appropriate tools. ES.13d: The student will investigate and understand that energy transfer between the sun and the Earth and its atmosphere drives weather and climate on Earth. Key concepts include weather phenomena and the factors that affect climate including radiation and convection.