Hello scientists.

My name is Mr. Wilshire, and in this lesson we are going to be looking at weather in autumn.

The outcome for this lesson is, I can describe weather in autumn.

There are some key words for you to think about during this lesson.

I'm going to say them and I'd like you to repeat them after me.

The first is weather.

Excellent.

The next is season.

Well done.

Now it's autumn.

Very good.

Next up, temperature.

Great.

And the last one is thermometer.

Well done.

Now all of these words have got different definitions behind them.

Now, if you're not too sure what some of these mean, you can pause a video here and have a little recap.

I wonder if you've heard of any of these words before.

Have you heard them in different sentences in this? Have a little look through these definitions now.

The first part of this lesson is called Weather in Autumn.

The children are looking at some photographs from their time in year one.

Here you can see a group of children all gathered around a book filled with photos.

There's Lucas, there's Izzy, and there's Alex.

They notice that the weather they see in the photographs changes over time.

Hmm.

I wonder if you've ever spotted this.

Why do you think the weather looks so different in the children's photographs? Here's some examples.

Here's a image of them playing football, and another time for when they went out for a welly walk.

Hmm.

Why do you think the weather looks so different in these photographs? Have a discussion.

What did you discuss? Was there a particular reason that you thought about? Hmm.

Let's find out more.

The weather is often different in each season.

I wonder if you can remember the name of each of the seasons.

Have a little look at the pictures there.

These are the same group of trees that have been photographed at different times of the year.

There's four of them.

Hmm.

What are the names of the different seasons? <v ->Have a discussion, and then restart the video.

</v> Can you remember the name of the different seasons? Well, the first one here is spring.

I can see in that image, oh wow.

There's lots of blossom on the trees.

The grass is very, very green.

And also it looks like there's lots of flowers starting to grow on the side there.

Up here is summer.

The leaves on the trees have now come out.

There's no more blossom is there, and it's very, very green there.

I can't see many of the flowers.

They seem to have come and gone, but now there's lots more grasses that have grown up around the side.

It also looks very warm, doesn't it? Autumn is here now, and well, the grasses have kind of died away, but instead it's been replaced by lots of yellow and orange leaves.

The leaves usually fall off the trees during autumn, don't they? And finally, there's winter.

Now, it looks very cold here, doesn't it? People have been walking through the snow on the path, leaving lots of footprints.

And what do you notice about the branches? Oh, there's no leaves on them at all, are there? I'd want to be wrapped up nice and warm to walk through there.

What's the weather often like in spring and summer? I wonder if you were listening to what I've just discussed.

What do you think? What's the weather like during spring and summer? Discuss now.

Well, on one image you can see lots of people sat down on the ground and enjoying a lovely day in a park.

And the other image there, well, I can't see many clouds in the sky there.

It looks very, very hot, but people still enjoying a nice place to go and play and mess around.

There's also lots of water there, it looks like.

Usually in the spring, flowers will start to bloom and blossom will appear on trees.

It's about the time of year that people start to not wear big coats all the time.

Although it can be a little bit rainy during the springtime still, even though it's still warm.

In the summer, it doesn't rain as much.

Sometimes there might be a few thunderstorms if it gets very, very hot.

The sun is out for a lot more of the time.

It's also lighter for a lot longer in the day during the summer.

And yeah, there's definitely not many clouds in the sky there.

That's usually what the weather is like during those different seasons.

But sometimes it can be a bit different, depending on where you are in the world.

What's the weather often like in autumn and winter? Here you can see two pictures of autumn and winter.

So have a discussion.

What's the weather often like? Off you go.

I wonder if you said any of these things.

Oh yes, in autumn it starts to get a little bit colder again.

And although there might be some leaves still on the trees, it's starting, they're starting to lose them, aren't they, and it's starting to get very cold.

You might need to use an umbrella like these people here, as it does rain an awful lot in the autumn.

In the wintertime, all the leaves have fallen off the trees and it's much more likely to be frosty, or even snowy.

Oh, it looks very cold there, but the winter can be incredibly beautiful, especially when everything gets all white in the frost.

I wonder if you've ever seen weather a little bit like this, lots of rain or maybe lots of snow and frost.

Let's stop and think.

True or false? The weather stays the same in every season.

The answer here is false.

Can we justify that? Why do we think this? It's because the weather is often different in each season, just as we've discussed, and I'm sure you've seen that before.

Now, what type of weather can you describe in these photos? Have a little look and discuss with someone next to you.

In these photos here, I can see some frosty covered leaves, some trees in a field.

They look very frosty as well.

And lots of snow on cars.

The weather is cold here.

This means it can feel very, very chilly outside.

Oh, I'm gonna want to put on a coat and a hat, and a scarf, and definitely some gloves.

What about these pictures here? What type of weather can you describe in these photos? Have a discussion now.

Well, it looks very gloomy, doesn't it? There's lots of clouds in the sky over that field.

I can see Tower Bridge there, and well, there's no blue sky.

There's no sun.

And even in the countryside there, there are clouds as well.

What's the weather going to be like? This weather is cloudy.

This means that there are lots of clouds in the sky.

Is it raining in those pictures? No, it's not, is it? It does look like it might be a little bit chilly.

When it's cloudy, the sun is covered up.

It doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to rain though.

Sometimes it might just be a bit of a cloudy day.

What type of weather can you describe in these photos? Have a little look and discuss.

Hmm, there's someone flying a kite there and the string is trailing along behind.

Someone is struggling to walk in a park with an umbrella.

And those palm trees, they're not growing straight upwards, are they? All their leaves are being blown to the side.

Yeah, it's very windy here, isn't it? This means that the wind is really strong, so you might see the branches of trees moving around a lot.

And what type of weather can you describe in these photos? Have a look and discuss.

Well, I can see there's lots of droplets on a window.

There's lots of droplets on the pavement, and there's a man with an umbrella there getting awfully wet.

It's rainy here, isn't it? If you go outside when the weather is rainy, then you are going to get wet.

It's always best to take an umbrella, or something waterproof.

And what type of weather can you describe in these photos? Have a look and discuss.

Well, I can see a very bright road, blue skies, a couple of clouds maybe, and a town there with lots of green trees and flowers, and not many clouds in the sky at all.

Well, the weather is sunny here.

The sky often looks blue on a sunny day, and although there might be some clouds in the sky, it does look very warm, doesn't it? Now Laura wants to make a weather board to describe the weather each day.

So she chooses different pictures for each type of weather.

"Which weather do you think each picture shows," she asks.

Let's have a think.

What's this one here? Oh yes, of course it's going to be sunny, isn't it? How about this one? That one's very, very cloudy.

And this one? Ooh, there's lots of snow on there.

It looks sparkly, doesn't it? And this one here, what about this one? Yeah, I can see lots of rain coming down there.

And finally, what about this one? Oh, it's not just squiggles.

It looks like it's very windy there, doesn't it? So those different symbols are going to show off different types of weather.

Stop and think, which words describe some types of weather? The answer here is windy and sunny.

Now Andy looks at the calendar and sees that it's October.

He's even circled it there.

So what season is it in October? October is the season of autumn.

So Andeep looks outta the window, and he observes the weather.

What weather can Andeep observe at the moment? Andeep is observing some rainy weather.

Usually it rains a lot in autumn.

The season of autumn comes after summer.

The weather turns cooler and is often windy and rainy.

What's the weather like where you are today? Take a moment to have a look outside the window.

In this image here, I can see that there's, oh, there's lots of trees there, and they're all different colours, aren't they? In the season of autumn, all the leaves will turn different colours.

Stop and think, who do you agree with here? "The weather in autumn is often hot and sunny," says Laura.

"The weather in autumn is often windy and rainy," says Jacob.

"The weather in autumn is often cold and frosty," says Sam.

Who do you agree with? Discuss.

Who do we agree with here? Well, Jacob is correct.

The weather in autumn is often windy and rainy.

This brings us onto our very first task, and there's two parts to this.

You need to check your local weather forecast and record the weather that's predicted for a week in autumn.

Here, you've got a space to draw and you've got a space to write down what you can see as well.

There's different days of the week across the top there.

Best of luck with your task.

See you in a moment.

How did you get on? Your answers may have looked similar to this.

This is what it's going to be like where I live.

Oh look, you can see those symbols that Laura was looking at earlier.

We've drawn clouds on the first day Monday, and it's gonna rain Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday is cloudy again, and then Friday more rain.

Oh, well I like the sun a little bit better, so I hope some wind will come along and blow those clouds away soon.

The second part is to observe and record weather for a whole week in autumn.

I wonder if your results are the same or different.

You could have a go doing this over a little period of time.

You could even have a go keeping an eye out the window while you're at home over the weekend.

This table here, it's got Monday to Friday.

You can keep a track of this.

Keep an eye over the week and update it as you go.

Best of luck.

Hopefully you've had a chance to do that over a period of time.

Have a little look at my example here.

Here, you can see, ah, of course, it's gonna be sunny on Wednesday.

Oh, I look forward to that day.

It's cloudy on Monday and Tuesday, and it's rainy on Thursday and Friday.

I wonder if this is similar to where you live.

Is the weather going to be the same or different? Well, Laura here says, well, "The forecast was the same on Monday when it was cloudy, and on Friday when it rained." Sam says, "The weather was different from the forecast on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

It was sunny on Wednesday, and the forecast said it would rain." There's some really good discussions there about the different things that they've observed by looking at their results.

Well done.

The final part of this lesson is called measuring temperature.

Andeep says, "My parents say that I need to wear a warm jumper now that it's autumn." Here you can see it's autumn, and the leaves on the tree have turned a different colour.

Why do you think Andeep's parents have said this? Pause the video now and discuss.

What do you think? Why is it a good idea to wear a jumper during autumn? Let's find out more.

The weather in the season of autumn can become colder than in the summer.

Here you can see a city during autumn, and a park during autumn.

Which word do we use to describe how hot or cold something is? Have a look at those pictures there and think about the two similarities and differences that they may have.

Think about the word that you might use to describe that.

Off you go.

I can see lots of leaves falling on the floor there, from the trees that are in the city and in the park.

But what word do we describe how hot or cold something is? Well, we use the word temperature when we talk about how hot or how cold something is.

The temperature in autumn can become very cold.

So Andeep might need to wear his jumper to keep warm.

Here you can see an example of some weather in autumn, and look at all those leaves falling off the trees into the lake.

How we find out the temperature of the weather in autumn then? Is there a type of device that we would use? Have a quick discussion.

I wonder what device we use to measure temperature? Who do you agree with here? "Temperature is how hot or cold something is." Jun says, "Temperature is how long or short something is." Sophia says, "Temperature is how fast or slow something is." Who do you agree with? Well, I agree with Aisha in this case.

Temperature is how hot or cold something is.

Well done, Aisha.

The type of equipment that we use to measure temperature is a thermometer.

That's how we find out the temperature of something.

You might find this outdoors.

You might even have one that you use indoors during science lessons.

I wonder if you've ever used a thermometer yourself.

Talk about a time that you may have done that.

A thermometer has numbers on it, and we can read the number next to a coloured line, which tells us what temperature it is.

I can see there the blue line is rising up, and there's two lines of numbers.

The higher the number is, the warmer that something is.

Some thermometers look a bit like a digital clock, and they've got a number on them which tells us the temperature.

Oh, I've got one of these on my phone as well.

I can look at my phone and it will tell me the temperature of the weather around me.

Here you can see the temperature reading on this thermometer.

Some cars have got a built-in thermometer that tells us the temperature outside.

You can see here that the temperature is 41.

5 degrees.

Oh my goodness, that's very hot.

Oh, I might want to turn on the air con.

We can use a thermometer to measure the temperature of the weather in different seasons.

Here you can see measuring temperature on a very hot day.

Oh, looks very hot and sunny there, doesn't it, in that city? And there's a thermometer there reading a very high temperature.

And I can see the red line is going up to the number 40.

Oh, that does sound hot.

So let's stop and think.

What do we use to measure temperature? A ruler, a stopwatch, or a thermometer? The answer here is a thermometer, of course.

So, this is the final task.

There's two parts to this.

First of all, check your local weather forecast and record the temperatures that are predicted for a week in autumn.

You've got Monday all the way to Friday there, and a thermometer.

So at the very top of your page you can draw the line, can't you? And at the bottom you can write the number that matches.

Don't forget to be accurate here.

Best of luck with your task.

See you in a moment.

How did you get on? Now your task may have looked something like this.

It looks very warm on Monday.

It's 14 degrees.

The coldest day is Tuesday, and then it's slightly warmer again throughout the week until Friday when it starts getting colder, 'cause it's 10 degrees again.

The second part of your lesson here is to use a thermometer to measure the temperature for a whole week.

You need to record the temperature for each day.

Now, are your results the same or different to what was predicted? Now, the predictions are sometimes not always correct, so it's your job here to tell people who predict the weather whether they've got it right or not.

So, take a thermometer outside and take a temperature reading for each day of the week.

Best of luck with your task.

You can restart the video when you're ready to see some results.

Hopefully you've had a chance to track some different temperature readings over the course of a week.

But, here's some results that I took just in case.

You can see here that, yeah, it was quite warm on that Monday.

It's 14 degrees, and on the Tuesday, it didn't drop down to as cold a temperature as it was predicted.

It's 10 degrees there on Tuesday.

Wednesday is 13 degrees, Thursday is 11 degrees, and finally Friday, it's 10 degrees.

A varied amount of different temperatures across the week.

It's not always the same temperature is it? Sometimes when it's really windy, it may feel a lot colder than it is as well.

So I wonder if you were affected by that, if some days the thermometer was showing a warmer reading, but you still felt colder.

The children here have summarised what they found out.

Laura says the temperature was the same as the forecast on Monday, Thursday, and Friday.

Sam says, "The temperature was different to the forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday, and it was warmer than the forecast had predicted." So I wonder if you are able to update the people who look after the weather readings and tell them whether they were correct or not.

Let's summarise our learning.

Here you can see an image of a thermometer with a red line going up to the number 20, just above it, in fact.

The year can be divided into four seasons: winter, spring, summer, and autumn.

Each season lasts around three months.

The season of autumn happens in September, October, and November.

The leaves of some trees begin to change colour in autumn, and we can use our skills to observe changes in autumn as well.

Thank you very much for listening to all of that information about the weather in autumn.

Maybe you are going to use it now to go on to be a future weather forecaster, or maybe you could use a thermometer to try and track some different temperature changes across your school or where you live.

I've been Mr. Wilshire, thank you very much for listening.