Science & Technology
Early Stage 1
Weather
Main Ideas
1. Learning Tasks
Seasons & Weather
Discuss and observe play areas that can be best used on:
a sunny day (sun safe); a rainy day; a windy day.
Take digital photos of the different areas within the school
e.g.buildings/spaces suitable for particular weather or time of
day.
View images on a web site of houses in extreme climates
(key words : houses of the world)
Places/buildings protecting
from weather.
2. Learning Tasks
Protective clothing
Collect and categorise clothing according to weather.
Selects fabric from given samples that would suit clothes for
summer/winter, wet/dry & classify
Test materials and fabrics to find which is waterproof.
Each child can bring a teddy to school, dressed for an activity
or weather that needs protective clothing.
3. Learning Tasks
Seasons
Collect or draw pictures that match the 4 seasons. Discuss
the changes that occur gradually between the seasons.
Make a chart/collage of the seasons.
Identify different foods that are eaten in different seasons.
Temperature
4. Learning Tasks
Make a class thermometer using colours- red, orange, blue...
(Place coloured stickers over the numbers). Discuss hot and
cold colours.
Heating and cooling
Discover how we change our environment to keep us
comfortable – heater, fan, air conditioning.
Clouds, rain & wind
5. Learning Tasks
List & classify different types of weather and design & make
a simple weather chart using symbols.
Monitor the weather daily.
Observe and draw different types of clouds.
Describe different intensity of rain (spitting; drizzle; steady;
downpour…).
Describe wind by the objects that it blows about.
6. Learning Tasks
Measurement tools for
weather
Use: calendars; rain gauge; windmill; giant thermometer with
coloured zones; class weather chart.