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.

 58mb zip file

 

 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.

 25mb zip file

 

  Weather or Climate starter video

A short video starter, students are asked to define certain statements as weather or climate.

 16mb wmv

 

 End of topic weather review.

A simple twenty questions on the topic of weather and climate.

 2 mb ppt

 

 Factors affecting climate.

A simple PowerPoint illustrating the different factors that influence climate.

 5 mb ppt

 

 Air masses

A simple introduction to airmasses and isobars.

 1 mb ppt

 

 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.

  500 kb zip file

 

 How does air act?

A simple homework poster that I devised, that seemed to produce some creative display work.

 73 kb doc

 

 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....

 400 kb ppt

 

 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.

 500 kb ppt

 

 Weather terms match-up

As in the title, with thanks Andrew Field.

 External link

 

 Fronts and frontal rainfall

A simple PowerPoint introducing fronts and frontal rainfall.

1 mb ppt

 

 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.

 2 mb zip file

 

 Weather terms- just a minute.

As in the title, with thanks Andrew Field.

 External link

 

 Weather and climate countdown

As in the title, old skool style. Ready for adapting to various topics. PowerPoint and video file.

 1 mb zip file

 

 Weather and climate Bingo

The old ones are the best.

 85 kb ppt