Download Weather and climate instruments used to measure weather elements

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Weather and climate instruments used to measure weather elements
Giedrė Motiejuitė, Geography teacher.
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Weather and climate instruments used to measure weather elements
3rd grade
45 min.
Geography:
Ÿ difference between weather and climate;
Ÿ weather elements and instruments to measure them;
Ÿ the main causes of weather elements and of climate change;
Ÿ learning the main vocabulary on the topic of weather and climate;
Ÿ using the mobile weather station;
Ÿ measuring the main weather elements using the mobile weather station.
Ÿ Worksheets;
Ÿ The mobile weather station.
At first, students revise the theoretical issues on climate and the weather.
Students answer the teacher's questions about the impact of climate on
everyday life.
Next students have to evaluate the weather visually (cloudiness, temperature,
direction and speed of wind).
Then students do different tasks on their worksheets and discuss them in
groups.
Students study the tools of the mobile weather station and measure the
elements of the weather. Later they fill in the tables with their findings.
Students study the weather issues outdoor using different material and tools.
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Worksheets.
Used literature and material with the worksheet from Interactive Meteorology
for Students and Teachers!
www.on.ec.gc.ca/skywatchers
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____________________________________________________________________10. Outdoor lessons and activities
Joniškis “Aušros“ gymnasium, Joniškis, LT
Worksheet No. 1.
Identify whether the following statements relate to weather (W) or climate (C).
______ 1. The sky is partly cloudy this morning in Yellowknife, NT.
______ 2. Halifax, NS, gets more snow than Eureka, NU.
______ 3. Freezing rain overnight made travel so hazardous that schools in Prince Edward Island
were closed for the day.
______ 4. A tornado was reported near Argyle, NB, on the July long weekend.
______ 5. It rained every single day while we were at the Calgary Stampede.
______ 6. In Quebec City, we always have snow for Christmas.
______ 7. It was so hot in Toronto yesterday that many types of labour had to be restricted and
some businesses closed early.
______ 8. Timmins, Ontario, has such cold winters that some automobile companies test their
vehicles there.
______ 9. Schools in rural Manitoba have a better chance of having a "snow day" than
schools in Vancouver, BC.
______ 10. St. John's, NF, is on Canada's east coast on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean and has
almost four times as many foggy days as Regina, SK.
Answers: 1-W 2-C 3-W 4-W 5-W 6-C 7-W 8-C 9-C 10-C
Worksheet No. 2.
Indicate whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. _______ The term jet stream refers to a warm ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the
east coast of North America.
2. _______ A front is the transition zone between two different air masses.
3. _______ Radar uses microwave energy to detect precipitation.
4. _______ A stratocumulus cloud has an anvil-shaped top.
5. _______ If the grass is wet with dew in the morning, then skies were probably clear overnight.
6. _______ Fog only forms when the relative humidity is high.
7. _______ Seasons are caused by the earth rotating on its axis.
8. _______ Clouds can be made of water droplets, ice crystals, or both at the same time.
9. _______ Temperatures are normally warmer five kilometres above the Earth than they are at the
Earth's surface.
10. _______ Air moves from areas of higher pressure toward areas of lower pressure, creating
wind.
11. _______ Lightning is only dangerous to people holding metal objects.
12. _______ Earth's atmosphere receives its heat directly from the sun.
13. _______ Air masses can pick up moisture as they move over large bodies of water, which can
be deposited in the form of precipitation when they move onshore again.
14. _______ In Lithuania, weather systems move predominantly from west to east.
15. _______ Both Humidex and the UV Index were developed in Canada.
Answers: 1-F 2-T 3-T 4-F 5-T 6-T 7-F 8-T 9-F 10-T 11-F 12-F 13-T 14-T 15-T
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“Our landscape. Our home. Our school.” _____________________________________________________________
Erasmus+ project
Worksheet No 3.
Match each weather element with the name of the instrument used to measure it or detect its presence.
In some cases, there may be more than one correct answer.
Then, from the selection at the bottom, choose the correct unit of measurement.
Answers:
Relative humidity: hygrometer or sling psychrometer; percentage
Cloud height: ceilometer; metres
Precipitation: tipping bucket rain gauge; millimetres
Wind speed: anemometer; kilometres per hour
Temperature: thermister or thermometer; degrees Celsius
Air pressure: barometer; kilopascals
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____________________________________________________________________10. Outdoor lessons and activities
Joniškis “Aušros“ gymnasium, Joniškis, LT
Worksheet 4
In the table below insert the correct word under the appropriate type of pressure system.
Answers: High Low
Increase
decrease
Clockwise
counter-clockwise
Out from
in toward
Descending
rising
Clear
cloudy
Fair
stormy
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