Weather and climate
I can understand the difference between weather and climate, and use climate graphs to compare different climates.
- Year 7
Weather and climate
I can understand the difference between weather and climate, and use climate graphs to compare different climates.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Weather is the day to day atmospheric conditions whereas climate is the average weather conditions over 30 years.
- Weather can be seasonal which means our weather changes throughout the year, such as in the UK.
- Climate graphs show us the precipitation and temperature of a place over a calendar year.
- Analysing climate graphs can help us describe patterns of the climate.
Keywords
Weather - the day to day condition of the atmosphere, e.g. sunny, snowing, warm etc.
Climate - an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).
Climate graph - shows the amount of precipitation and the temperature each month for a location.
Precipitation - water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, hail or sleet.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that weather and climate are the same.
Pupils will explore that weather is the short term changes in the atmosphere whereas climate is long term changes in the atmospheric patterns of a place.
Equipment
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What continent is the United Kingdom in?
Q2.Match up the key term to its definition.
Q3.What do we call an official prediction of the weather?
Q4.In which season are trees most likely to drop their leaves?
Q5.Put the lines of latitude in order from furthest north to furthest south.
Q6.At which line of latitude is the climate warmest?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Who is making a statement about the weather?
