Weather and Climate
Weather and climate resources for Key Stage 3 that are used within my classroom. They aren't in any scheme of learning type order.
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Pat Does Depressions
Postman Pat illustrates the concept of depressions. Main video file of 'Pat does Depressions', Depressions introductory teaching PowerPoint, 'Pat does Depressions' follow-up PowerPoint, 'Pat does Depressions' worksheet and a Pat Plenary.
Anti-cylones
A video introducing the weather conditions associated with anti-cyclonic weather, a teaching PowerPoint and a video about how anti-cyclonic conditions may have contributed to the Hemel oil depot disaster.
Weather or Climate starter video
A short video starter, students are asked to define certain statements as weather or climate.
End of topic weather review.
A simple twenty questions on the topic of weather and climate.
Factors affecting climate.
A simple PowerPoint illustrating the different factors that influence climate.
Air masses
A simple introduction to air masses and isobars.
Singing air masses
Learn about air masses to 'you're happy and you know it', PowerPoint file and music (royalty free). It works in my mad world.
How does air act?
A simple homework poster that I devised, that seemed to produce some creative display work.
Weather symbols
Introduction to the use of weather symbols, with an associated celebration of knowledge. The second slide I usually use the famous Paxman Newnight weather reporting....
Learning a cross-section of a depression.
Hard to explain this one, but if you view it you're know how it works, all timed. I usually have some thunderstorm background music as well. Works fine.
Weather terms match-up
As in the title, with thanks Andrew Field.
Fronts and frontal rainfall
A simple PowerPoint introducing fronts and frontal rainfall.
Weather around the U.K.
A reworking on an old piece of work, students compare the weather forecast on the B.B.C. to live web cams, then produce a PowerPoint presentation. File contains worksheet and example PowerPoint.
Weather terms- just a minute
As in the title, with thanks Andrew Field.
Weather and climate countdown
As in the title, old skool style. Ready for adapting to various topics. PowerPoint and video file.
Weather and climate Bingo
The old ones are the best.
Rainfall aerobics A fun exercise for recapping, frontal, relief and convection rainfall. 1.3 mb ppt Cloud types
A PowerPoint that illustrates the main cloud types.
Cloud types review
A PowerPoint for testing recall about the main cloud types.
Understanding weather symbols task
I print this as a single sided worksheet, test students' understanding of weather symbols.
Find me -Weather events
Simple research quiz- suggested use as a homework task.
Air masses starter Simple recap PowerPoint, I usually add some music to this. 170 kb ppt Weather Symbols starter Ten symbols, had your own music- away you go... 185 kb ppt What is the question? Weather Simple PowerPoint starter. 44 kb ppt Frontal Starter Simple closed passage starter. 173 kb ppt Weather dominoes As in the title 45 kb doc Weather and Climate noughts and crosses PowerPoint starter or plenary, please read the notes under the first slide before adapting or using. 1 mb ppt Weather and Climate- Teacher Invaders Flash based game- to be used with the weather dominoes. External Link Weather and Climate- Grade or No Grade Flash based game External Link Weather word search class starter Simple starter- find the words! 118 kb ppt
