Objectives and Standards

  • Learn about Tennessee’s climate and how geography plays a role in the climate and weather experienced in the state.
  • Discuss the different weather related impacts on Tennessee.

3-ESS2-2: Obtain and summarize information about the climate of different regions of the world to illustrate that typical weather conditions over a year vary by region.

8.MS-ESS2-6: Describe how interactions involving the ocean affect weather and climate on a regional scale, including the influence of the ocean temperature as mediated by energy input from the Sun and energy loss due to evaporation or redistribution via ocean currents.