Help your students build real understanding of el niño and la niña through ninety questions that move from basic recognition to genuine reasoning about how the Earth works.
The set includes questions like "What tool is commonly used to visualize sea surface temperature anomalies associated with ENSO?", "How does La Niña typically affect global weather patterns?", and "What kind of ocean temperature anomalies are typically observed during La Niña?"
All three worksheets cover the same topic in different question styles. That means you can use one as a pretest, another for practice or homework, and the third as a follow up quiz, without students ever seeing the same question twice.
This set is part of a NGSS aligned earth science unit. The unit also covers Earth's Heating by the Sun, Atmospheric Circulation Cells, Wind Patterns, Ocean Currents and Energy, Upwelling and Nutrient Cycles, and Global Wind Belts, all in the same three worksheet format, so your classroom routine stays familiar while the topic changes.
Suitable for Grade 6-8 earth science classes, and for review at any point in the school year. This set is aligned to NGSS standard MS-ESS2-6.
