Weather and what we wear
Geography · Early Years · The School
Kinds of weather
SUNNY. RAINY. CLOUDY. WINDY. SNOWY. FOGGY. Look out each morning. Choose one word. Some days need two words. A day can be sunny AND windy. Noticing that is better than picking just one.
Dressing for it
A coat for rain. A hat for sun. Gloves for snow. Wellies for puddles. Ask why. A coat keeps water OFF you. Gloves keep warmth IN. Clothes are a solution to a weather problem. That is a geography idea first. It is a fashion idea second.
Keeping a record
Draw a weather symbol every day for a week. Line them up in a row. That row is DATA. You collected it. Count how many days were rainy. Was this week wetter than last week? Now you are comparing. That is what weather scientists do.
Keep a chart for a week. Use two columns. One column is SUNSHINE: sunny, cloudy, or in between. The other is TEMPERATURE: cold, mild, or warm. By Friday you will probably have a day that was sunny AND cold. You might have one that was cloudy and mild. The two columns do not match up. That is why forecasts give you both. A picture of a sun is not enough.
Getting it wrong, and what that teaches
Everyone gets caught out. You wear a coat and the day turns hot. You wear sandals and the day turns wet. That is not carelessness. The weather changed. Weather does that. It is why forecasts exist. It is why people check them. It is why layers are useful. A jumper you can take off handles a cold morning and a warm afternoon. Look out of the window in the morning. Look again at lunchtime. Did it stay the same?