Weather and Climate is an important topic covering a wide range of subjects and areas of interest. From the evening weather forecast, to global warming, from different types of weather, to movement of the Sun and the Moon, weather is important to the everyday lives of children. As such, this book focuses on how to teach Weather and Climate as a topic in schools - either as small discrete topics, or as a large whole-school focus on weather and the world around us. There are numerous opportunities to look at all of the subjects in the curriculum in a fun and entertaining way. Themes in this book include: 1. Sun and Earth (heat and seasons, thermometers); 2. Atmosphere (feature and properties of, pressure, making barometers, humidity, pine cones, seaweed); 3. Movement of the atmosphere (winds, anemometers, wind rose); 4. Clouds and rain (cloud types, estimating cloud cover, rain gauge); 5. Frost, ice and snow (types of, effects of); 6. Storms (hurricanes, tornadoes, thunder, lightning, estimating distance of, storms in history); 7. Recording and forecasting the weather (Making weather stations, presenting weather forecasts, weather sayings); 8. Climates around the world (general classification, weather experiences at specific places); 9. Climate change (Evidence of, factors affecting, ways to reduce it, debate)

 

This book is part of a book series called Hot Topics .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Scholastic .

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828 - 1905) was a French writer who pioneered the science fiction genre. Notable amongst his works are "20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea", "Around the World in 80 Days" and "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth". STEPHEN LILLIE is a London-based illustrator, photographer and cartoonist with more than twenty years' experience, specializing in character development and social commentary. TONY EVANS started his career as a high school English teacher, and has a Masters Degree in Literary Research from Lancaster University. After working as a Deputy Headteacher in Bristol he became a school inspector and educational consultant, based in Leeds. He is now a full-time writer and lives with his wife in the Yorkshire Dales. Tony has a particular interest in Victorian literature and culture. His publications include a collection of detective stories set in late nineteenth century England, as well as co-authorship of a book on steam locomotives and several books in the Real Reads series of re-told classics. Peter D. Riley is a full-time author and has written over 200 books for primary and secondary Science.