The main purpose of the kit is to provide teachers and students with weather
measuring instruments to help achieve learning outcomes in subjects such as
science, geography, and health and physical education.
The Weather Kit was produced with the special assistance of Pauline Rogers,
formerly of the Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere
Meteorology, and four teachers: Naomi Kimpton of Cheltenham East Primary
School, Ian Lewis of Portland Secondary College, Pam Dudgeon of Abbotsford
Primary School and Wendy Connor of Eaglehawk Secondary College.
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This section includes a list of suggested activities and possible links to the Victorian Curriculum Standards
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There are 32 laminated leaflets on how to use each of the 32 instruments.
Please note that if you wish to make copies of the leaflets for your class,
black and white versions are provided for better quality photocopying.
Please ensure that each of the numbered leaflets and their associated
instruments are returned to the kit at the end of the lesson.
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These information sheets may be useful for class activities. They include:
- An observations sheet, on which the measurements can be recorded,
- A climate almanac for Melbourne, listing average and extreme weather conditions for every day of the year,
- Fun things to do such as a wordfind and crossword,
- Details of what combination of weather conditions in Victoria triggers a "farmers and graziers warning", a fungal warning and various wind warnings.
- Clean-up procedures for mercury spills. The two whirling psychrometers (to measure humidity) are the only instruments in the kit that contain mercury.
- An evaluation sheet to return to the Bureau or your regional science coordinator, if you so wish.
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This section contains a list of useful contacts, as well as details on:
- The Bureau of Meteorology website's "Learn about Meteorology" pages and the "Students and Teachers" section containing a number of lesson plans.
- Where to find more information about weather-related learning, including activities on the World Wide Web. The Internet hosts schools programs on weather, air quality and ozone monitoring in Australia and overseas.
- Where and for how much the instruments in the Weather Kit were purchased.
- How to make your own weather station.
- A list of national meteorological organisations in other parts of the world.
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Section 5 - Other resource material
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This sections contains:
- Observing the Weather, the Bureau's official guide to observing the weather.
- The Bureau's official field book for meteorological observations.
- other booklets and information.
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