Weather Around the World - Presentation

The 'Weather Around the World' presentation is an engaging and interactive educational resource aimed at helping students understand various weather phenomena and their relationship with the seasons. The presentation prompts students to consider if they can describe different types of weather and associate these with specific seasons. It includes a variety of activities, such as listening to a weather song and conducting experiments like 'Cloud in a Jar', where students observe the formation of clouds and precipitation using hot water, ice cubes, and a jar. This hands-on approach helps to visually demonstrate the water cycle and the conditions necessary for rain to occur.

Further investigations within the presentation explore the evaporation process in 'Where Do All the Puddles Go?', where students observe how water disappears and the factors that affect evaporation rates, such as wind and heat. Students also delve into actual weather data by researching the weather in the UK for 2019, measuring rainfall and temperature throughout the year, and understanding how solar energy can be harnessed for cooking through building a solar furnace. The session culminates with an experiment on tornadoes, creating a vortex in a bottle to simulate this powerful weather phenomenon. By the end of the presentation, students are expected to have a better understanding of weather patterns and the science behind them, answering reflective questions about the four seasons and the typical weather each brings.