1. What is weather and how can we measure it
What is weather and how can we measure it? Save this PowerPoint into your area, with a new name, when you have completed all the work.
  By the end of this lesson you will:
Be able to explain the difference between weather and climate.
Be able to describe how instruments can be used to measure the weather.

2. What is weather? Write what you think in the boxes
Weather is....
Climate is..

3. What is the difference between weather and climate? Check your answers.
Weather is the day to day changes in the atmosphere e.g. Precipitation, wind
Climate is the overall pattern of weather, usually based on an average over 30 years e.g. Arid, equatorial

4. Name? What does it look like? What does it measure? How does it work?
How can we measure the weather? Finish this table using the details in the following slides.
Name?
What does it look like?
What does it measure?
How does it work?
What units?
Rain Gauge
It measures..
It works by..
The units are..

5. What does this measure? Name: Rain gauge
What does it measure? Precipitation
How does it work? Water falls into the funnel at the top and collects in the basin and the foot of the gauge. The volume of water can be measured each day.
What units does it measure in? mm

6. What does this measure? Name: Thermometer
What does it measure? Temperature
How does it work? The mercury in the base of the thermometer expands and contracts with heat.
What units does it measure in? °C or °F

7. What does this measure? Name: Anemometer
What does it measure? Wind speed
How does it work? Wind turns the cups around, the stronger the wind, the faster it turns.
What units does it measure in? mph

8. What does this measure? Name: Wind vane
What does it measure? Wind direction
How does it work? The arrow spins around and points to where the wind is coming FROM
What units does it measure in? Compass directions

9. What does this measure? Name: Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder
What does it measure? Duration and intensity of sunlight
How does it work? The glass ball focuses the sun’s rays onto a piece of paper which it burns. You can then measure the length of the burn against the hourly markings on the paper.
What units does it measure in? Hours

10. What does this measure? Name: Barometer
What does it measure? Air pressure
How does it work? The force of air exerted on the barometer is recorded.
What units does it measure in? mb

11. What does this measure? Name: Naked eye
What does it measure? Cloud cover
How does it work? You approximate how many eights of the sky is covered in clouds
What units does it measure in? Oktas

12. Year 7 Weather Work
Go onto the BBC GCSE Geography Bitesize Website and look for the climate and weather sections.
Look at any of the information about UK/Britain then do the revise/video/test sections.
Create a revision document about Climate Graphs. Copy and paste. Use the blank slides.