Weather is ever present, ever changing and always interesting.
Have a look at these Science Learning Hub links to see how they might fit in to your weather unit.
General weather concepts and activities
Watching the Weather – Article
Weather and climate – Article
Differences between weather and climate – Activity
Using weather data – Activity
Cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes – Article
Extreme weather – Article
Gaseous atmosphere – Article
Space weather – Article
Sun, wind or rain? – Article
Making a thermometer – Activity
Making a weather vane and compass – Activity
Making a rain gauge – Activity
Making a barometer – Activity
Making an anemometer – Activity
Weather – literacy learning links – this article contains a selection of weather-related articles from the Connected and School Journal series, along with supporting Hub resources.
Lightning
Lightning location network – Article
Lightning explained – Article
Space weather – Article
Lightning – Image
Steps in lightning production – Image
Thundercloud charges – Image
Weather balloon being released – Image
Lightning – Video
Lightning research – Video
I am continually amazed by how many things we can improve... applying what we already know in better, more effective ways.
Dr Eric Scharpf
Weather and the water cycle
H2O On the Go – Unit plan
Earth system – Article
Water and weather – Article
Building a water cycle – Activity
What is the Earth system? – Activity
New Zealand weather map – Image
Rain – Image
The water cycle – Image
Weather satellite orbits – Image
Satellites and weather
Satellites to study Antarctic atmosphere – Articile
Satellite sensing – Article
Weather satellite orbits – Image
Our research is contributing to the big topic of climate change... We are trying to understand it and find a solution so we can mitigate and adapt to our future climate.
Dr Katja Riedel
Clouds
Observing clouds and weather – Article
Clouds and the weather – Activity
Precipitation and cloud formation – Activity
Seeing through clouds – Article
Towering cumulus clouds – Image
Cloud roads – Image
Citizen science projects
How Deep Is Your Snow? – Online citizen science project
Related content
What happens with you play with data, sort it, arrange it, test some ideas and predict what might happen? Find out in this Connected article. It uses a parent’s job as a meteorologist and an upcoming sports competition as the contexts for using data.