PR-6171IRE Science A STEM Approach - 1st Class

Earth and the Environment
IN THE SKY AND ON THE LAND
Lesson 3
Teacher Notes
Science Inquiry Focus:
What other changes do we see in the sky? How does the
weather affect the appearance of the sky?
Skills Development/Working Scientifically:
• Questioning and predicting
• Observing
• Investigating and experimenting
• Analysing
• Recording and communicating
Science Learning Outcome:
• Pupils observe changes in the sky to predict the weather.
Technology/Engineering/Mathematics Links:
• Participating in an interactive game as a class.
• Designing a weather icon.
• Using a digital recording device to observe the sky and film a
weather report.
Background Information
• Weather reports include descriptions such as rainy, cloudy,
sunny, partly cloudy, partly sunny, thunderstorms, showers,
rain, heavy rain, windy, snowing, blizzard, foggy, cold, hot,
warm, humid and so on. These conditions can be seen in
the sky and can often be judged based on the amount of
cloud coverage, the type of clouds, height of the clouds,
colour of the clouds and the amount of sunshine.
• Other observable weather indicators such as air pressure,
amount of moisture in the air and amount of rainfall are
observed using specialist equipment.
• More information on how to predict weather and what to
look for can be found at ,
or .
• The weather patterns can be observed daily, while seasonal
patterns are observed over longer periods of time and
include daily weather.
Assessment Focus:
• Use the daily weather video or
weather chart as a formative
assessment of the pupil’s
ability to observe the sky and
how it relates to the type of
weather, such as clouds, sun,
rain and so on.
Resources
• Interactive day sky and
night sky game
• Online weather chart
tool
• Larry the Chicken
meteorologist video
• Sufficient copies of
page 143 for pupils
Viewing sample
Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com 978-1-912760-15-2 1st Science: 141
CLASS
A STEM APPROACH