Arriving at work windswept and with soggy socks earlier this week, there seemed little need to debate what we would cover in this Sunday’s news and resources round up.
Not only is the UK weather soaking our shoes and scuppering our weekend plans, it’s all over the news.
Last time we compiled teaching resources about the weather – our contributing editor Emily Drabble wrote a News in Focus resource about drought, during the drought earlier this year – with entertaining coincidence, the rains came at almost the exact same moment it was published. Now, I’m not saying we expect a weather reversal to happen again, of course, but with the summer break upon us, anything is worth a shot, right?
If you have come across any interesting stories about the weather – please post your links in the comments. And, if you have any related resources you’d like to share, you can upload those here.
Resources from the Guardian Teacher Network
News in focus: floods and rain – brand new resource!
This new Powerpoint resource from the Guardian Teacher Network explores this summer’s extreme weather in the UK and across the world. It also includes a neat explanation of the jet stream that’s causing current downpours.
News in focus: drought
There’s a handout for this too, here.
Understanding unpredictable rain – from ActionAid
This PowerPoint considers the relationship between climate change, unpredictable rainfall patterns and global drought warnings. It includes case studies from the UK, The Gambia, Senegal and India. Suggested for KS2 and KS3 citizenship and geography lessons.
We’ve got teacher’s notes on this too.
How less economically developed countries cope in flood disaster
This resource covers the causes and effect of floods.
Natural water cycle – how it should work
Activity: how to have fun with rain
From the Guardian
Scientists attribute extreme weather to man-made climate change
Researchers have for the first time attributed recent floods, droughts and heatwaves, to human-induced climate change.
Flooding around the world – in pictures
This is a moving, and sometimes upsetting, gallery which depicts the effects of monsoons, heavy rains and flash flooding across many parts of the world.
What will your weather be like in 2050?
Experts at the Met Office have worked out how the climate will change across the UK over the next century. Explore their findings here.
Changes in water level interactive – since the floods
A lovely visual interactive that uses figures from the Environment Agency to show the difference in water levels in England and Wales between March – when hosepipe bans were first announced – and the wettest June since records began
Is Britain’s weather really getting more extreme?
This feature from the Data Blog has rainfall stats dating as far back as 1910. Some quite meaty graphs here
Best of the web
Extreme weather: a visual guide
More wild weather in a warming world – some facts and figures from the US-based Climate Reality Project. There’s plenty more visualisations of weather data and facts from the Visual.ly site here too.
Fun science video: weather
Professor Gizmo gives expert video advice on topics such as why does thunder make noise? Is it true that all snowflakes are different? and what makes rainbows?
Weather Wiz Kids
Perfect for primary students, this is a really engaging site by meteorologist Crystal Wicker designed especially for kids to allow them to learn more about the fascinating world of weather. Covers everything from wildfires to winter storms.
Please do share your favourite weather sites and stories in the comments section below, and if you have any related resources you’d like to share, you can upload those here.
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Article source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/jul/15/weather-resources-teachers
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