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Teaching Weather and Climate to
Students.
The study of weather and ultimately the
climate of an area within our atmosphere is
meteorology.
Elementary Level Metereology
In the primary grades students need to be
familiar of some core concepts including the
definitions of both weather and climate.
weather: the current measurable state of heat
or coldness of an area.
climate: the long term measurement of the
heat or coldness of an area.
They should also be familiar with both
farenheit and celcious as the two ways to
measure the temperature.
Students should have practice using a
weather chart as well as tracking rain using a
rain gauge.
Students should also be familiar with types of
clouds and what each cloud means.
The general idea of the water cycle should
introduced in the primary grades as well.
As students reach the upper grades, they
should be able to identify additonal types of
clouds, further interpret weather data, and be
aware of the environmental aspects related to
weather including such topics as climate
change and pollution.