These three climate change and long-term weather data graphing activities that will help your students understand climate change while building graphing and data analysis skills. This bundle gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students work with real-world environmental data to explore how Earth’s climate shift impacts Global Temperatures, Arctic Ice & Sea Levels, and Extreme Weather events.

There are 3 Graphing Lab Included:

1. Global Temperature Trends Investigation

2. The Arctic Ice & Sea Level Rise Investigation

3. Extreme Weather Patterns Investigation

Students analyze real climate datasets related to global temperature anomalies, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, Arctic sea ice extent, global sea level rise, hurricane frequency, and wildfire acreage. They then create a variety of graph types from data tables before using their graphs to identify patterns, analyze long-term trends, and explain climate change using evidence. Each activity includes a complete answer key with the required graphs if you need to differentiate for different ability levels.

How It Works

Students use provided real-world data tables to:

• Create multiple types of graphs (line graphs, bar graphs, and scatter plots)
• Identify long-term climate patterns and trends
• Compare relationships between variables such as temperature and CO₂
• Analyze how warming temperatures influence Arctic ice and sea levels
• Explore how rising temperatures relate to extreme weather patterns
• Use evidence from graphs to answer discussion questions about climate change

Each activity moves students from reading data → graphing data → interpreting patterns → explaining long-term climate processes.

Perfect for:

• Climate change units
• Earth science data analysis lessons
• Data analysis practice
• Graphing skill development
• Small group collaboration
• Sub plans or review days
• Cross-curricular math connections
• NGSS Earth science lessons

This graphing bundle is also included inside my Middle School Science Graphing & Data Analysis Mega Bundle at a significant discount. The bundle contains graphing activities for all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade science topics.

What’s Included

✅ Three climate change graphing investigations
✅ Real-world data tables for each activity
✅ Multiple graphing tasks in every investigation
✅ Data analysis discussion questions
✅ Complete answer keys
✅ Extension activities
✅ Rubrics for each investigation

Topics Students Explore

• Global temperature anomalies
• Atmospheric CO₂ trends
• Greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect
• Arctic sea ice extent
• Global sea level rise
• Thermal expansion of ocean water
• Melting land ice and glaciers
• Hurricane frequency trends
• Wildfire acreage patterns
• Energy in Earth’s climate system
• Long-term climate vs short-term weather
• Climate trend analysis and prediction

Teacher-Friendly Features

• Uses real-world climate datasets
• Promotes critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning
• Builds graphing and data literacy skills
• Supports NGSS Science & Engineering Practices
• Easy to implement with minimal prep
• Flexible for Grades 6–8 classrooms