Above is a snap shot of the Royal Geographical Society Indian monsoon animation aimed at Key Stage 3 geographers. It is an easy to follow sequence of weather events with annotations in the speech bubble that could be used to commentate on the events as they unfold. Click on the link to access:
This interactive climate system model can be deconstructed by selecting the buttons within the tool bar – for instance, the pressure button flags up the high and low pressure bands, allowing pupils to observe where in the world these prevail. This is an effective way of highlighting global climate features one at a time to avoid information overload. The ‘read info’ tool describes the principle actions in a clear and concise way.
http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/images/activities/climate_system.html
It is also important to cover the Thermohaline Circulation, commonly known as the ‘Global Heat Conveyor’, for it is a critical component of the climate system. This will be analysed in greater depth in a future blog.
Radical Geography contains a broad range of activities to download Key Stage 3 climate and weather; from end of topic tests for year nine (pictured below) to homework tasks and fun games such as weather noughts and crosses. This site proves there is great scope for cross-curricular study, by combining geography with ICT, music and mathematics.
Metlink also has lesson activities that incorporate mathematics, for example the global temperature data analysis task gives instructions for obtaining temperature data and discovering why differences exist. The second activity requires pupils to practice their creative writing skills by imagining they are a travel writer to produce a weather report for three British tourist destinations.
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