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| A PET Cloud |
3/4
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Students make their own cloud in a bottle using a plastic PET bottle, water and smoke. Learning outcome: describe how weather influences daily life. |
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| Bottled Pressure |
3/4
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An activity that graphically shows the force of the air around us. A plastic bottle is crushed due to the difference in air pressure. Learning outcome: identify the action of forces in every day situations. |
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| Bottled Up Tornadoes |
5/6
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An experiment on making your own tornado in a bottle. Learning outcomes: relate the occurrence of natural events to atmospheric changes and movements of the Earth's crust and mantle. | Teachers' lesson plan Students' worksheet |
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| Clouds that warm, clouds that cool |
3/4
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An investigation into the effect clouds have on the temperature at the Earth's surface. Learning outcomes: describe weather conditions over a period. | Teachers' lesson plan Students' worksheet |
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| Colours of the sky |
3/4
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An investigation into why the sky has the colours it has at different times of the day and what causes it. Learning outcomes: Identify a range of visual effects associated with light reflecting from mirrors and passing through different materials. | Teachers' lesson plan Students' worksheet |
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Dro and the Weather Map
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2/3
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'Dro' the raindrop learns how to read a typical weather map found in the newspaper. Presented in a storybook method containing 11 pages. |
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| Eggsperiment |
3/4
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A teacher demonstration that uses an egg to investigate changes in air pressure. Learning outcome: identify the action of forces in every day situations. |
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| El Niño and Rainfall |
7/8
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An activity based on the effect of El Niño on rainfall. Includes the option of downloading and using an interactive animation that highlights the process of El Niño. Some parts require the use of javascript. Learning outcomes: relate the occurrence of natural events to atmospheric changes and movements of the Earth's crust and mantle.Includes animation (350KB). |
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| Getting Warmer |
5/6
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An activity that examines how different materials absorb energy from the sun. Learning outcome: relate properties of common substances to their suitability for particular use. |
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| High and Low Pressure Systems |
3/4
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An investigation into the characteristics of high and low pressure systems. Learning outcome: record ways we monitor and use information about changes to the Earth. Includes several animations (total size 200KB). |
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| Homemade Dew and Frost |
3/4
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An activity that demonstrates that air contains water and shows how to make the water visible. Learning outcome: describe weather conditions over a period. |
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| Measuring Pressure |
5/6
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An experiment on measuring air pressure. Making your own barometer. Learning outcomes: relate the occurrence of natural events to atmospheric changes and movements of the Earth's crust and mantle. |
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| Measuring Wind Speed |
3/4
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An activity that demonstrates that measuring wind speed can be done with minimal equipment and with surprising accuracy. A protractor, ping-pong ball and a piece of string are used to make a simple wind measuring instrument. Learning outcomes: describe how weather influences daily life and describe weather conditions over a period of time. |
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| Meteorology - What is it? |
5/8
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A class discussion defining meteorology and its importance. Includes a creative writing exercise asking students to write an imaginary trip as a weather balloon. Learning outcomes: relate the occurrence of natural events to atmospheric changes and movements of the Earth's crust and mantle. |
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| Modelling Tropical Cyclones |
5/6
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An activity that investigates the formation and structure of tropical cyclones. Students make a plasticine model of a cyclone. Learning outcomes: relate the occurrence of natural events to atmospheric changes and movements of the Earth's crust and mantle. Includes interactive animation (167KB). |
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| Mr.McCloud's Cloud Quiz |
5/8
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This is an animated interactive quiz that covers cloud classification.Uses javascript. Learning outcome: classify and identify cloud types. Includes interactive quiz (100KB). |
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| Pushy Air |
3/6
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An experiment that investigates air and its properties. It demonstrates that air is all around us pushing on everything. Learning outcome: identify the action of forces in every day situations. |
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| The Ups and Downs of Ozone |
7/10
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An experiment looking at how the ozone layer has changed over the decades and during a year. Includes an interactive animation that models the destruction of ozone by CFCs. Some parts require the use of javascript. |
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| Weather | 2/3 | An activity that investigates the weather and how it affects us. Learning outcome: Identify simple patterns in observations arising from explorations of readily observable phenomena. |
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| Wet Air | 5/6 |
An activity that investigates the humidity in the classroom and the school ground. |
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| The Ups and Downs of Ozone |
5/8
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An experiment looking at how the ozone layer has changed over the decades and during a year. Includes an interactive animation that models the destruction of ozone by CFCs. Some parts require the use of javascript. Learning outcome: relate the safe use and disposal of common substances to their physical and chemical properties. Includes animation (120KB). |
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| What's the Chance of Rain? |
5/6
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Activities in probability, chance and data. Includes animated interactive pie charts with random number generator.Some parts require the use of javascript. Learning outcomes: examine the outcomes from simple chance experiments and data on familiar events to order outcomes and events from least to most likely; extract and interpret numerical information contained in tables, data displays and databases; interpret, discuss and compare data displays, including how well they communicate information. Includes animation (300KB). |
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| What's the Chance of Rain? |
5/6
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Activities in probability, chance and data. Includes animated interactive pie charts with random number generator. Some parts require the use of javascript. Learning outcomes: use and interpret numerical statements which quantify chance; use language of chance in everyday situations; design and prepare surveys and experiments to answer questions or test conjectures and predictions. Includes animation (300KB). |
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| What's the Chance of Rain? |
7/8
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Activities in probability, chance and data. Includes animated interactive pie charts with random number generator. Some parts require the use of javascript. Learning outcomes: analyse experiments to determine the theoretical probability of events; carry out experiments involving chance to estimate the probability of events and to simulate situations; interpret and evaluate information contained in tables, visual displays and databases and report on methods of data collection; draw inferences from collected or published data. Includes animation (300KB). |
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| Climate Change |
9/10
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An investigation into some of the natural processes and human activities which cause climate change. Learning outcome: explain the processes and interactions between people and major natural systems. |
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