Worksheet

'Best day for a picnic'

This picture was made on
Thursday 15th of June 2000.

The animation below should give you a clue. Press PLAY if the animation stops.

So ... What have you learnt about weather maps? Let's find out.

Have a go at Exercise 1 below. Write your answer in the space given under the exercise.

 

 

 

Exercise 1 - Best Day For a Picnic

Look at the weather map on the left.

It shows the weather for Thursday (15/6/00).

Predict which day of the following weekend would be the best day to have a picnic in Melbourne, Saturday(17/6/00) or Sunday(18/6/00)?

In the space below, write down why you chose that day? Write your answer on the printout of this page.

Use some of these words cold front, westerly wind, sunshine, high pressure and cloud in your writing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each satellite image was taken at 3.00 pm on each day.

Check Your Answer

Click on 'Back' or 'Next' under the weather map on the left.

It will loop through the weather maps for 7 days starting with Thursday.

Find out which day, Saturday or Sunday would be the best day for a picnic in Melbourne.

Press PLAY if the animation above stops.

Exercise 2 - Make Your Own Snowflake

You will need:

• a pair of scissors
• a circle of white paper (21cm wide)

A real snowflake has six arms. Try to fold your paper so that you make a snowflake with six arms. The circle on the left shows where the folds should be.

Use the animation given below as a guide to help you work out how to fold your paper so that you end up with six arms to your snowflake.

Fold the paper in half then into thirds. Press PLAY if the animation below stops.

Cut small pieces off the sides of the folded paper and then unfold it to show the snowflake you made.

 

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