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Sun, rain, wind and clouds: how we measure the weather, why the wind blows, what high and low pressure and weather fronts do, and how forecasts are made. Three ages, each with a text, an experiment, a game, a quiz, a printable worksheet and a teacher sheet.
Ages 6–7What is the weather like today?Sunny, rainy, windy or snowy? Find out where rain comes from, why the wind blows and which tools measure the weather. Then make your own rain gauge.Ages 10–11Weather: measuring and forecastingThe difference between weather and climate, the instruments that measure weather, why the wind blows from high to low pressure, weather fronts, and how forecasts are made. With a class weather station.Ages 15–16Weather: pressure, wind and forecastingAir pressure in hectopascals and why it falls with height, pressure gradients and wind, fronts and cloud formation, the Beaufort scale, and numerical weather prediction. With a two-week pressure and weather log.