Key learning points

1. The weather is often different in each season.
2. The weather in winter turns colder, sometimes with snow, frost and ice.
3. A thermometer can be used to measure the temperature of different seasons.
4. We can make observations of the weather during winter.

Keywords

• Weather - Weather is what the conditions are like in a particular place at a particular time. For example, rain, wind or sun.

• Season - Seasons are periods of similar weather. In the UK there are four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter).

• Winter - Winter is the coldest season of the year. It is between autumn and spring.

• Temperature - Temperature is a measure of how hot something is.

• Thermometer - A thermometer is a device for measuring temperature.

Common misconception