Unit 7: Weather around the world Section 6: What will the weather be like? How will it affect what we do?
Objectives
Children should learn:
to ask and respond to geographical questions
to use geographical vocabulary
about weather conditions around the world
Activities
Outcomes
Children:
Ask the children to imagine they are in the chosen destination and to write a postcard describing the range of weather conditions and leisure activities that depend on the weather that they experienced on holiday, eg visiting an indoor leisure pool on a wet day, going to the beach on a hot day, staying in the shade by a hotel pool on a very hot day. The postcards could be added to the whole class display.
The activity may be extended for more able children by asking them to find out about weather conditions for particular days at the chosen destination, eg from newspapers or the internet, and to compare them with claims and climate graphs in travel brochures.
show awareness of the impact of weather on human activity
Points to note
To answer the first enquiry question, focus activities on specific questions, eg What is the weather like? What leisure activities do people do? What does it feel like to be in this place?
Literacy: the limited form of a postcard can be used to encourage children to focus on key incidents in their writing.
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