Met Office Key Stage 3 Resources
a) Met Office What causes day and night?
Key Stage 3, Science, QCA Scheme of work Unit 7L.1 The solar system and
beyond (Year 7)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teachers/lessonplan_ks3_day_and_night.html
b) Met Office Why do we have seasons?
Key Stage 3, Science, QCA Scheme of work Unit 7L.3 The solar system and
beyond (Year 7)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teachers/lessonplan_ks3_seasons.html
c) Met Office What are clouds and why does it rain?
Key Stage 3, Geography, QCA Scheme of work Unit 10.3 Weather patterns
over Europe (Year 8)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teachers/lessonplan_ks3_hydrological_cycle.html
d) Met Office Artificial satellites
Key Stage 3, Science, QCA Scheme of work Unit 9L.8 Gravity and Space (Year
9)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teachers/lessonplan_ks3_satellites.html
Recommended Weather Resources
Using a school's Automatic Weather Station data to introduce weather systems from Maiden Erlegh school.
A link to Radical Geography's activities and resources tried and tested in the classroom
weather and climate and weather hazards.
Texas Instruments' 'Using Real World data' booklet contains two projects for KS3 maths - 'Compare the Weather' and 'Hurricane Force'. Although the instructions assume access to their software, the projects could easily be adapted.
An online, interactive lesson going from weather data collection through to forecasting from NGfL Cymru.
An interactive introduction to weather systems and fronts from NGfL Cymru.
BBC bitesize explanations of
weather systems, symbols and processes.
Synoptic charts from BBC GCSE Bitesize.
Digital Geography weather forecasting and weather forecasting using Google Earth.
Teachers TV looks at the effects of weather on people.
Teachers TV looks at KS3 Geography Teachers in the Freezer.
Teachers TV looks at the weather in Sounds, Pictures, Blogs and Poetry.
Teachers TV looks at making houses hurricane proof.
Teachers TV looks at severe weather conditions.
Teachers TV looks at Hurricane Katrina.
Teachers TV looks at The Great Storm of 1987.
