Grade 3, Lesson Outline: Chapter 3, Lesson 1

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Chapter 3, Lesson 1: Touching the Clouds (pp. 44-47)

I. Height Makes a Difference

A. At the top of tall mountains, the temperature is very cold.

B. At different heights of the mountain, different kinds of plants grow.

C. Only a few animals, such as the bighorn sheep, can live above the timberline, or the highest part of a mountain.

II. A Powerful Force

B. As clouds move from west to east over a mountain, they drop most of the rain on the west side of the mountain.

C. Mountains usually protect land east of them from winds and storms.

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