Some days we may not dress appropriately for the weather conditions.
Make a weather calendar that reports the weather conditions for that day and predictions for the next day.
Must be able to be interpreted by everyone
Must be displayed in a place that is visible to everyone
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‘Seasons and What should I wear today’ Kidspiration files |
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Thermometers, rain gauges, flags for wind (Beaumont scale) |
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Materials for making a calendar |
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computers for creating graphics, use Paint |
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printers for printing out graphics |
| paper and card for making calendar |
Objective: Objective: Level 1:4 share ideas about some ways in which familiar technological developments are communicated
Learning Experiences:
Learning Experiences:
| What sort of weather happens in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Kidspiration file ‘Seasons’ |
| What should I wear today Kidspiration file |
| Verbalise what the weather conditions are for that day and describe what sort of clothes should be worn on that day and why |
| Observe weather patterns by reading thermometers, measuring rain and identifying wind speed according to Beaumont scale |
| Make predictions about the weather |
Identify symbols that are used for weather reports and discuss how they are used to communicate what the weather is Assess
Objective: Level 1:6a share ideas about possible solutions and strategies, and choose a practicable option
Level 2:6a discuss possible solutions and strategies, and select and develop a suitable option
Learning Experiences:
| Decide as a class how you would like to record and report the weather everyday Assess |
| Collect resources |
| Formulate plan for reporting weather |
| Design and make weather calendar |
| Evaluate according to student feedback |
Objective: Level 1:8 share ideas about the ways in which familiar technologies affect their lives
Objective: Level 2:8 explore and compare the roles of some example of technology in daily life in their own and in other time and place
Learning Experiences:
| Ask adults questions about how knowing what the weather is going to be like is important for certain events |
| Investigate what methods of weather reporting people use, make a graph to display the results, compare this information to ways their ancestors may have found out weather information |