Unit 15: The mountain environment Section 3: How does the weather compare in each of these places?
Objectives
Children should learn:
about weather patterns in different parts of the world
to use secondary sources
to use ICT to access information
Activities
Outcomes
Children:
Ask each group to produce a set of weather data for their location, plotting the data on a graph and analysing the results. If possible, ask the children to find out the weather data for each environment on the day of the lesson from the weather services on the internet or the Meteorological Office's METFAX service.
Discuss with the children the similarities and differences between the weather in each of the environments.
Discuss with the children what the weather would be like in a different season and consider what specific weather conditions are associated with these places, eg blizzards, snowdrifts, avalanches, floods, and the effects they have on human activity.
find relevant data and present it in suitable ways
understand the effects of varying weather conditions on different types of human activity
Points to note
Literacy: children can develop their library research skills through these activities by using an index, resource lists and inventories. They should be encouraged to reflect on the usefulness of different ways of recording the information collected.
Mathematics: when children plot and analyse weather data on graphs, there are links to collecting, representing and interpreting data.
IT: use of the internet or METFAX to gather information on weather.
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