Met Office: Education - Curriculum Learning Centre

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	Curriculum Learning Centre

Use this Centre as your springboard to a wide range of classroom activities, for groups and individuals.

Visit the 'Did you know?' section for unusual facts and figures about various weather phenomena

Why not visit our Virtual Innovation Centre, where you can play an interactive game and send a postcard!

For primary schools

Activities: Who needs a forecast? The clothes we wear Above or below average? Crossword puzzle	Leaflets:

	Weather	Sun	Rainbows	Seasons

For secondary schools

Activities:

Synoptic weather charts
Isotherms
UK rainfall
Air masses
GCSE project ideas

NEW lesson plans
A teaching aid for KS3. This ICT lesson plan explores the Met Office and Environment Agency's web sites.

Leaflets:

Interpreting weather maps
Clouds
Thunderstorms
Air masses
Hurricanes
Microclimates
Storms of October 2000
Satellites
Weather charts
Simple weather instruments
Water in the atmosphere
Weather observations
Weather forecasting
Climate of the British Isles
Monsoons
Observing rainfall - how and why?
A guide to the shipping forecasts
The measurement of moisture in the atmosphere
Lightning location

Balloon challenge information packs

Although the balloon challenge event has passed, the worksheets containing background information and activities related to the wind are still available as pdf files (168Kb primary, 428Kb secondary). Please print and photocopy as required for use in the classroom.

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