Planet Earth and Beyond – Weather

Weather is ever present, ever changing and always interesting.

Have a look at these Science Learning Hub links to see how they might fit in to your weather unit.

General weather concepts and activities

Watching the Weather – Article

Weather and climate – Article

Differences between weather and climate – Activity

Using weather data – Activity

Cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes – Article

Extreme weather – Article

Gaseous atmosphere – Article

Space weather – Article

Sun, wind or rain? – Article

Making a thermometer – Activity

Making a weather vane and compass – Activity

Making a rain gauge – Activity

Making a barometer – Activity

Making an anemometer – Activity

Weather – literacy learning links – this article contains a selection of weather-related articles from the Connected and School Journal series, along with supporting Hub resources.

Lightning

Lightning location network – Article

Lightning explained – Article

Space weather – Article

Lightning – Image

Steps in lightning production – Image

Thundercloud charges – Image

Weather balloon being released – Image

Lightning – Video

Lightning research – Video

I am continually amazed by how many things we can improve... applying what we already know in better, more effective ways.
Dr Eric Scharpf

Weather and the water cycle

H₂O On the Go – Unit plan

Earth system – Article

Water and weather – Article

Building a water cycle – Activity

What is the Earth system? – Activity

New Zealand weather map – Image

Rain – Image

The water cycle – Image

Weather satellite orbits – Image

Satellites and weather

Satellites to study Antarctic atmosphere – Articile

Satellite sensing – Article

Weather satellite orbits – Image

Our research is contributing to the big topic of climate change... We are trying to understand it and find a solution so we can mitigate and adapt to our future climate.
Dr Katja Riedel