Weather and Climate Introduction PDF

Tuesday 21 January 2025 New topic: Weather & Climate! Aims: To describe today’s weather To describe the difference between weather and climate Starter o rds m a n y w Use as s you c a n to a ’ s i b e to d a y descr weather! ...

Tuesday 21 January 2025 New topic: Weather & Climate! Aims: To describe today’s weather To describe the difference between weather and climate Starter o rds m a n y w Use as s you c a n to a ’ s i b e to d a y descr weather!  How did you do? A number of different aspects of weather are mentioned during forecasts. Did we get them all?  Temperature  Rain  Wind speed  Cloud cover  Visibility Now let’s watch a live weather forecast from t he BBC! http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2638077  Writing a mini-weather forecast Now, describe today’s weather in a short paragraph. Think about how to use your words in a sentence. Remember: Temperature Rain Wind speed Cloud cover Visibility Which are weather and which are climate? What’s the difference?  What is weather? Weather is the hourly/daily state of the atmosphere. It includes temperature, sunshine, rain and wind.  What is climate? Climate is the average weather of a place (what you would normally expect). Climate describes larger areas of the world, e.g. desert climate.  Task Wea Fill two whole pages ther Cli ma of your book with te pictures to show what the words weather and climate mean. Use the textbook to help you.  Acrostic! TASK: think of some weather and climate words to use to make an acrostic. One has been started for you below….. W= C= WINDY A= L= E= N= I= A= D = DESERT M = MILD T= A= H= T= E= E= R = RAINY  Summary Write a Tweet describing today’s weather!