The seasons are four times of year that have different weather and they are spring, summer, autumn and winter.

A thermometer is an instrument which is used to measure temperature.

When you take a reading you record the measurement shown on the instrument.

A fair test is an investigation where only one thing is different each time. For example, by measuring at the same place and time so only the day is different.

Measuring the weather

Geography

This unit links to understanding what the UK is like and how seasonal weather is a part of this; it links directly to 'Cold places: What is it like at the North and South Poles?'  and 'Hot places: Where are they and what are they like?'. 

This unit builds on what has been learnt in 'Local area: Where do we go to school?' and 'Local area: Where do we live?', which look at the local area and involve some weather investigation as well as noticing seasonal change, and on 'Continents and oceans', which introduces some formal earth geometry, the idea of the Earth rotating and orbiting around the sun.

Seasons: how does the weather change through the year?

Geographers record and __________ the weather to look for patterns.

What can the temperature reading on a thermometer be affected by?

Match each piece of equipment to what it is used to measure.

taking the readings at the same time each day

taking the readings at a different time each day

taking the readings at the same place each day

taking the readings at a different place each day

What can you do to make sure that weather readings are fair?

by measuring the amount of rainfall every day for a week

by measuring the number of sunny or rainy days

by measuring the distance from home to school

Geographers track the weather so that ...

What equipment is used to measure the temperature?

What can fresh water fall to the ground as?

What is the weather like in this picture?

Starter Quiz