Name of the activity: Climate and Weather (6.2)
Area: Science
Time: 1 session
a) OBJECTIVES
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To learn the main concepts about climate and weather.
To learn the factors that affects the climate.
To learn the names of the seasons and dates.
To review the months of the year.
To observe how weather changes.
To get used to climate fats and details.
b) CONTENTS
Conceptual
-Concepts
of:
temperature,
wind,
precipitation, climate,
weather.
-Seasons in the year.
-Factors
affecting
climate.
-hot, cold, cool, warm
-a lot, some, a little
-Greenhouse effect.
-anemometer,
wind
vane, barometer, rain
gauge, snow gauge,
thermometer.
Procedimental
-Relationship
of
vocabulary and images.
-Listening and reading
comprehension.
-Writing activities.
-To order and complete
sentences
-To get information from
a website.
-On-line activities.
-To observe the weather
in your town during
year.
Attitudinal
-Get
children
interested
in
the
theme.
-Learn how to obtain
observation results.
-Learn how we can
change the climate.
-To be concious about
climate change.
c) ACTIVITIES
-
Review the months of the year.
Complete an exercise choosing the correct answer.
Complete sentences by reading text.
On-line activities:
Test your climate knowledge by answering questions
after reading.
Word search about new vocabulary.
Hangman game about climate.
Concentration game.
Crossword puzzles.
- Explore climate conditions.
- Find out about the weather where you live by completing a
year long table about temperature and rainfall.
d) RESOURCES
- Worksheets
- Written texts
- Websites
e) WEBSITES
-http://www.averroes.ced.juntaandalucia.es/ceipsantateresa/conocimiento.php
-http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/weathervocabulary.htm
- http://www.mansioningles.com/vocabulario45.htm
- http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/climateweather.html
- http://teacher.scholactic.com/activities/wwatch/gather_data
f) EVALUATION CRITERIA
- I can obtain information about weather and climate by
reading, listening, observing and looking at a website.
- I can say the months of the year.
- I can name, recognise and write the different seasons of the
year.
- I can distinguish between weather and climate.
- I can observe the weather by myself.
- I can look for information in a website.
Climate and Weather
CLIMATE: The weather averaged over a long period of time.
WEATHER: It´s the whole of temperature, precipations and
wind at a given time and place.
TEMPERATURE: How warm or cold the air is. It
can be high, medium or low.
PRECIPITATION: Rain or snow that falls on an area.
WIND: Blowing air outside.
The climate changes depending on the season of the year we are.
SPRING: It´s from 21st March to 21st June. The temperature is warm.
SUMMER: It´s from 21st June to 23rd September. The temperature is
hotter than in spring. In this season days are longer than nights.
AUTUMN: It´s from 23rd September to 21st December. The
temperature is warm too.
WINTER: It´s from 21st December to 21st March. The temperature is
cold. In this season days are shorter than nights.
FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE
There are many different factors that affect climate. The most
important factors are:
Distance from the Sea
The sea affects the climate of a place. Coastal areas are cooler and
wetter than inland areas. Clouds form when warm air from inland meets
cool air from the sea.
Proximity to the Equator (Latitude)
The proximity to the equator affects the climate of a place. The
equator receives more sunlight than anywhere else on earth. This is due
to its position in relation to the sun. The Equator is hotter because the
sun has less area to heat. It’s cooler at the north and south poles as
the sun has more area to heat up.
Altitude
The altitude of a place is the height of this place in respect to the
sea. A higher the altitude, the lower the temperature.
CLIMATE AND WEATHER WORKSHEET
Choose the correct answer:
1. The weather
o never changes, it´s the same all year.
o isn´t the same all the year.
o depends on the altitude and latitude.
o depends on the situation in relation to the Equator.
2. Factors the climate depends on are..
o Rain
o Latitude
o Wind
o Altitude
o Proximity to the sea
3. The weather is the whole of
o Latitude
o Temperature
o Altitude
o Precipitation
o Wind
Write in order.
the altitude
respecting to the sea.
of a place
is the high of this place
______________________________________________________
______________________________________
Complete the sentences.
The Equator is hotter because
_____________________________________
The Equator is cooler at the north and south poles as
_______________________________
Winter is from ___________ to ___________
In autumn the temperature is ______________
In summer days are _____________________
Spring is from ___________ to ____________
Find out the weather where you live. Colour in your answers for each
season, on the table.
AUTUMN
TEMPERATURE
hot
RAINFALL
warm
a lot
cool
some
cold
little
hot
WINTER
warm
a lot
cool
some
cold
little
hot
SPRING
warm
a lot
cool
some
cold
little
hot
SUMMER
warm
a lot
cool
some
cold
little
WEATHER AND CLIMATE FOR CHILDREN
(http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/climateweather.html)
1. Read about...
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Climate change (what it is)
Climate and weather
Greenhouse effect
How we can make a difference
2. Activities:
 Test your climate change Knowledge by answering
questions after reading.
 Word search about new vocabulary.
 Hangman game about climate.
 Concentration game. Can you find the matching
pictures?
 Crossword puzzles to test your knowledge of words
related to climate change.
WEATHER DATA
(http://teacher.scholactic.com/activities/wwatch/gather_data)
Experiment with weather. Read about tools we can use to
calculate and measure the weather.