A variety of assessment strategies can be implemented in this activity. Informal student assessment should be included throughout the lesson to check for student understanding. Additionally, other assessment techniques may include the following:

• Give the students a printout of a graph depicting temperature data from several unidentified locations from around the world (not discussed in the lesson) accompanied by a list of cities and their longitude and latitude. Have your students write a short paragraph linking weather patterns to specific cities. Make certain that they justify their matches by describing how each city's geographic location explains the weather pattern they matched it to.