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Weather Around the World
Creating an Illustrated Dictionary
Making a Personalized Envelope
Creating a Logo
Creating an Alphabet Booklet
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Weather Around the World
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Suggested Grades
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5+ |
Objective
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Students will learn a few key weather terminology and a variety of
climates through examining and recording weather characteristics in a
variety of communities around the world. |
Materials
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- newspapers with daily weather forecasts of cities all over the
world OR weather internet sites (see below)
- graph paper
- markers
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Method
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- Have each student pick a city that they would like to do their
weather project on.
- Explain to students the following weather terms:
- Humidity- a measure of the water vapor content of the
air, also known as relative humidity.
- Temperature- the degree of hotness or coldness
measured bu a thermometer.
- Pressure- the force of the atmoshphere, also known as
barometric pressure and is measured in kilopascals.
- Visibility- the distance one can see horizontally.
- Every day (best to do it at the same time of day)students check
the newspaper or the internet and record their city's weather,
looking specifically for the terms listed above.
- After two weeks of recording, have students graph their results
for each weather term.
- Compare them with others in the class. What are some reasons for
differences?
- Variation: Pick only a few
cities to examine and graph the results on big class graphs (one for
each term that you would like to be covered). Pick a different
colour for each city and then compare them with eachother.
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Additional Resources
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Internet Resources
The Weather Office
Weather data provided by Environment Canada. |
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