What is Weather Watch?

Weather Watch is an opportunity for Schools and Clusters across the South-East to share information about their local weather.

Examples of children work can include:

• News Reports
• Weather Poems
• Tables and Spreadsheets
• Digital Art
• Weather Videos
• Radio Broadcasts
• Published Weather Music
• Dance and Drama recorded using Digital Cameras and Camcorders

To share your children’s work all participating schools will be provided with their own web page that will have links to “Making the News,” Google Maps and other project websites across the region. Work created by the children can then be published on the website for other schools to view between January 2008 and July 2008.

Who can publish work on our school’s web page?

Schools will be given a log-in and password to publish work on their web page. No other Internet user will have publishing rights to your school’s web page.

Weather in the curriculum:

Geography KS2

• Unit 7 - Weather in the News
• Units 13 and 22 – Contrasting Localities

KS2 Sc1 Scientific enquiry

• Sc1 2e - use simple equipment and materials appropriately and take action to control risks
• Sc1 2f - make systematic observations and measurements, including the use of ICT for datalogging
• Sc1 2g - check observations and measurements by repeating them where appropriate
• Sc1 2h - use a wide range of methods, including diagrams, drawings, tables, bar charts, line graphs and ICT, to communicate data in an appropriate and systematic manner.

Science KS3

• Unit 9 – Environmental Chemistry

History KS2

• Unit 18 – What was it like to live here in the past?

What equipment do schools require to take part?

This project has been planned to provide opportunities for children to use a wide range of ICT applications to gather, create and share their work.

Information about the local weather can be collected either electronically using data loggers or simply by measuring the rainfall using jam jars.

Participating schools may also consider purchasing a digital weather station to electronically compile information.

It really does not matter how data is collected! What does matter is that the information is published and made available for others to view.

To enable children to ask questions during the project about matters related to weather and climate all schools will have the opportunity to participate in videoconferencing sessions with local weather experts using the popular videoconferencing application FlashMeeting. A secure and reliable web based application schools can apply for a free log-in and password by contacting:

Phil Bracegirdle ASK HOS Primary ICT Consultant E-mail: philip.bracegirdle@kent.gov.uk

For additional information about previous visit Kent Schools FlashMeeting Projects.

Interested?

For more information about the Weather Watch Project or to register to take part contact:
 
Phil Bracegirdle                                             Ian Coulson

HOS Consultant                                              History and Geography Advisor
E-mail: philip.bracegirdle@kent.gov.uk           E-mail: ian.coulson@kent.gov.uk

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