There
are eight full lessons in
this 110 page teaching unit on weather science, representing
over fourteen hours of science teaching. Every
lesson offers a coordinated teaching plan with a step-by-step
guide, and lists materials
and pre-preparation tasks necessary to teach
the lesson. Each Weather Zone lesson
also details the learning outcomes,
key concepts and vocabulary introduced.
For
educators who wish to delve deeper into topics, or who want
to integrate the science of weather into other areas of the
curriculum, ideas are offered for extra
assignments and supplemental learning activities. Finally,
relevant overheads, handouts, facts, examples, demonstrations,
experiments and more are included for each lesson.
The
Weather Zone
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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Teaching
Kit Overview
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Lessons
Overview
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The
Lessons
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 • Lesson One 
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• Examining
weather in everyday life
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• Lesson Two
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• The
basic ingredients of weather
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• The basic properties of air
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• Lesson Three
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• Looking
at air pressure
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• Water & weather
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• Lesson Four
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• Reviewing
the water cycle
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• How
rain forms
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• The
Sun & the Earth's weather
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• Lesson Five
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• Wind,
air masses, fronts & clouds
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• Lesson Six
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| • Looking at how weather is reported & displayed |
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• Lesson Seven
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| • How & why weather is measured |
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• Lesson Eight
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Appendix:
Supplemental Learning Resources  |
