A revision worksheet on weather and climate.
Includes sections on:
weather instruments
extreme weather inc. Beast from the East
climate and climate graphs
factors affecting climate
Could be printed on A4 or enlarged easily to A3.
7 fully resourced lessons suitable for KS3 Geography. A wide range of activities included e.g. crosswords, odd one out tasks, exam questions, worksheets etc. Main activities are differentiated.
Lessons include:
What is weather and climate?
How do we measure weather?
How can weather data be presented?
What are clouds and why does it rain?
What are depressions and anticyclones?
What is the climate of the UK?
How does climate vary across the world?
This lesson is part of Exploring Brazil, a Geography unit designed for students in KS2 (Y4-6), but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson.
The presentation first locates Brazil in the world’s climate zones and asks children to infer what the country’s weather and climate might be like.
Next, students look at three areas of Brazil in more detail – Manaus in the Amazon, Teresina in the caatinga desert region and Porto Alegre in the south of the country – and investigate a climate graph.
There are two activities:
Activity 1:
Students first investigate three climate graphs, looking at temperature and rainfall. Their challenge is to match each graph to an area of Brazil, explaining their reasoning for their choices. It is differentiated 2 ways:
Easier – Students match two statements to each climate graph, then match each graph to one of the three cities/regions.
Harder – Students write sentence describing the temperature and rainfall patterns in each climate graph, then match each graph to one of the three cities/regions.
Activity 2:
Students create their own Brazil climate graphs in Microsoft Excel using step-by-step instructions.
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10 Fully resourced lessons forming a weather and climate scheme of work.
PowerPoints are engaging and interactive.
A resource booklet of over 30 pages is included along with a short end of unit assessment.
Topic includes; Differences between weather and climate, measuring the weather, cloud types, types of rainfall, air masses and the British Isles, Low pressure weather, high pressure weather, interpreting synoptic charts, factors influencing climate, drawing and interpreting climate graphs, assessment.
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A full resourced weather and climate unit made for year 8 but could be taught to any KS3 class. This unit consists of 12, 1hr lessons and includes lessons and resources for a microclimate investigation/fieldwork to be conducted around your school site.
Two seperate assessment points - one peer assessment, one teacher marked. Lessons contain fieldwork investigation including extended writing and graph creation and analysis, map analysis (TEA), creative weather report group task, creative writing tasks, research tasks, carousel tasks, QR code tasks, interactive timers and news reports, video tasks, drawing tasks, colouring tasks and more.
Lessons are as follows:
1 - What is weather and climate?
2 - How do we measure weather?
3 - Why does it rain?
4 - Climate graphs
5 - Climate zones
6 - Extreme Weather: Hurricanes
7 - Extreme Weather: Wildfires
8 - Extreme Weather and Climate Change
9 - What is a Microclimate?
10 - Microclimate Investigation
11 - Fieldwork Analysis
12 - Fieldwork Write-Up (Extended Writing)
All resources requiring printing are as hidden slides on the PowerPoint. Links to any videos are in the notes section of the slide.
All information is as of May 2023.
2 lessons: measuring the weather, climate zones, factors affecting climate. Instructions for making a wind sock to use outside and calculating sunshine hours (to cover Numeracy framework). Couple of references to Wales (to cover Curriculum Cymreig)
AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1A: In this second lesson in the section we look at the natural causes of climate change.
We start with a quick knowledge check on climate change with a quiz.
We then look at orbital changes, sunspot activity and volcanic eruptions as mechanisms for causing climate change. The pupils will have a worksheet to fill in and there are information sheets for each mechanism. This could be done as a round the room activity or group work, it’s up to you. We use Tambora as an example of volcanic activity affecting climate.
We finish with GCSE-style question with some suggested content if they need help.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Climate change quiz starter
Worksheet activity on mechanisms for natural climate change
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question with guidance on suggested content.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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A lesson on air pressure suitable for KS3 students
Differentiation included, with sentence starters/ templates on the slides
Power point slides and accompanying worksheet included
AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1A: In this fourth lesson in the section we look at the effects of climate change around the world.
We start with a quote from Great Thunberg and the pupils discuss whether they think she is right that we should be panicking about climate change and its impacts.
We then look briefly at climate change impacts in the UK where the pupils will annotate a map of the UK using information from a video clip. We then look at the impacts worldwide, the pupils will be given an A3 sheet with a map surrounded by the impacts, they first locate the region the where the impact will be felt, rate the seriousness of the impact and then categorise each one as either social, economic, environmental or political.
Using the information they have now gathered they write a response to Greta Thunberg’s quote using evidence from the lesson. We finish with a post-it plenary using a 2-mark question from the 2019 exam.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Discussion starter over Greta Thunberg Quote
Annotated diagram of the impacts on the UK
A3 map task on the effects of climate change worldwide
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question plenary
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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Weather and climate- lessons to teach Ks3.
Focus on many types of weather: clouds, extreme weather, heatwaves, hurricanes, UK flooding, tornadoes, thunderstorms.
Lesson titles are:
-Clouds- Types and Formation.
-Extreme weather in the UK- heatwave 2018.
-Hurricane formation and Hurricane Katrina.
-UK Flooding- Boscastle 2004.
-Tornadoes- Joplin.
-Thunderstorms.
Case study lessons included: UK heatwave 2018, Hurricane Katrina, UK Flooding- Boscastle, Joplin (Missouri) tornado.
Plus an assessment based on the lessons.
All lessons include differentiated tasks, learning objectives and key words.
This is a lesson, aimed to get students to think about the difference between weather and climate. In addition to thinking about how weather affects people.
All resources required for lesson are attached.
The lesson provides scope for AFL and is fully differentiated.
Objectives for lesson:
- Describe weather maps
- Create your own weather map
Assessment and detailed mark scheme for an end of topic test on weather and climate.
28 marks, should take approximately 40 minutes for students to complete.
Aimed at KS3 students.
In Microsoft Word Format so it can be adapted as required.
This resource is part of Exploring Australia, a Geography unit designed for students in upper KS1 and lower KS2 (Y2-Y4). All resources are compatible with both Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
First the presentation investigates how Australia’s position closer to the Equator impacts its climate. Next, students are introduced to Australia’s three climate zones (tropical, arid and temperate) and find out how this effects weather in different parts of the country.
The activity challenges students to identify the climate zones of different Australian towns and cities:
Easier - Students identify the climate zones of 12 towns/cities.
Harder - Students identify the state and climate zones of 12 towns/cities.
Extension - Students investigate which climate zone has the most towns/cities and what this indicates about Australia’s population.
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Complete Weather Hazards sequence of lessons for Unit 1, Section A of the AQA GCSE. Cyclone Idai is the case study tropical storm and Somerset Levels is the example of extreme weather in the UK.
The lessons included are detailed below.
Global Atmospheric Circulation
The Global Distribution of Tropical Storms
The Formation of Tropical Storms
Climate Change and Tropical Storms
Cyclone Idai: A Tropical storm
Reducing the Effects of Tropical Storms
Extreme Weather In The UK
The Somerset Levels Floods: 2014
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24 question worksheet with short follow on task to accompany BBC documentary series Climate Change - The Facts. Designed for use with a year 9 group studying climate change. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there is an optional extension exam task. Can also be used as a stand alone sheet or homework task.
Key themes:
global warming
Climate change
Fossil fuels
Impacts (economic, social, environmental)
Ways forward (international cooperation, renewables)
A series of lessons about extreme weather & climate change.
The BBC documentary Climate CHange: the Facts is an excellent video that would help support these lessons
Classroom display, good for starter, lesson summary and reinforcement on major aspect of weather and climate. It cover types of rainfall, factors affecting weathers and climate, importance of weather and climate. Very good to boost classroom discussion and scholars participation during lessons.