Weather and climate: how do they vary?
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Why this why now
This unit develops pupils' understanding of weather and climate at different scales and how it impacts people and the planet around the world. Teaching this unit early in Year 7 allows pupils to use their knowledge to make sense of later units on coasts, forest biomes and population. By covering climate change in this unit it allows pupils to consider the impact of global warming in units across the curriculum.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Rain, snow, hail, wind and sunshine are all types of weather.
- In the UK there are four seasons, each bring different weather.
- A weather forecast is a prediction of the weather.
- Weather and climate are different - weather is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere outside.
- Climate is the average weather conditions taken over a longer period, usually 30 years.
- Pupils should understand the concept of seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) and how they vary in different parts of the world.
- Pupils should be familiar with the concept that wind is moving air and that it can vary in strength and direction.
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Why this why now
This unit develops pupils' understanding of weather and climate at different scales and how it impacts people and the planet around the world. Teaching this unit early in Year 7 allows pupils to use their knowledge to make sense of later units on coasts, forest biomes and population. By covering climate change in this unit it allows pupils to consider the impact of global warming in units across the curriculum.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Rain, snow, hail, wind and sunshine are all types of weather.
- In the UK there are four seasons, each bring different weather.
- A weather forecast is a prediction of the weather.
- Weather and climate are different - weather is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere outside.
- Climate is the average weather conditions taken over a longer period, usually 30 years.
- Pupils should understand the concept of seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) and how they vary in different parts of the world.
- Pupils should be familiar with the concept that wind is moving air and that it can vary in strength and direction.
Weather and climate: how do they vary?
This unit teaches pupils about the physical processes that help explain our weather and climate. Pupils will use fieldwork to investigate weather in their local area. Pupils will also learn about how and why our climate is changing.
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