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About our world: Weather wear
Start with a whole class discussion about weather. The YouTube clip Grover’s Weather Forecast can be used as a stimulus (although based on the USA it presents some good ideas).
What was the weather like yesterday? What is the weather like today? What will the weather be like tomorrow?
Discuss what the weather is like today and predict what the weather will be like tomorrow.
Students choose a chance language description that best suits each weather condition for tomorrow. You can make the activity more complex by excluding some words. You could also ask students to write the words in corresponding boxes rather than paste them.
Chance language used: will happen; won’t happen; might happen; likely; unlikely; certain; impossible.
What clothes will you need to wear tomorrow?
Choose one of the weather conditions or create your own scenario. Students can use the weather wear images to dress their person in appropriate clothing for the weather condition.
This can be extended to a problem solving activity in which children are given a specific number of items their person can wear. For example, how many different ways can you dress your person for a cloudy but warm day using 5 items of clothing? You can make multiple copies of the weather wear images to make the activity more open-ended.
You can download the Weather wear: Teacher notes.
Australian Curriculum links
Foundation year:
Sort and classify familiar objects and explain the basis for these classifications. Copy, continue and create patterns with objects and drawings (ACMNA005)
Year 1
Identify outcomes of familiar events involving chance and describe them using everyday language such as 'will happen', 'won't happen' or 'might happen' (ACMSP024)
Year 2
Identify practical activities and everyday events that involve chance. Describe outcomes as 'likely' or 'unlikely' and identify some events as 'certain' or 'impossible' (ACMSP047)
Describe patterns with numbers and identify missing elements (ACMNA035)
