THE  GEOGRAPHICAL  ASSOCIATION

Presented to - Met Office

For - "Met Office - Education Web Pages"

Which has been judged as likely to make a significant contribution to geography

"Geography teachers are always on the lookout for relevant up to date clear material either for preparation of their work or for students to used. This website provides a factually accurate, relevant and dynamic resource for both teacher and student.

"The Met Office has built a site which provides live and archival weather data from the local to the global. Apart from weather data the site has a curriculum learning centre, a teacher-training centre, education resource lists and information about historic weather events. Students can access information recorded at a met station reasonably near to their school and relate it to local conditions.

"The website is well designed and can be used by both primary and secondary students. The site provides some useful images, maps and data sets. The 'active' weather maps are especially good, enabling students to watch the systems develop. The site also contains many interesting facts and differentiated activities. It is a cheap but effective teaching aid.

"A well thought-out website of some quality, significant effort has been put into its design and development. This will make a significant contribution to teaching and learning in schools."

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