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Your weather station: rainfall

Science Year 1
This unit is part of Year 1 Science Wonderful Weather

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Objectives

Look at weather in the playground, at the rain falling and what it sounds like. Design a weather station to help collect data about the weather at school. Make a rainfall gauge and record the results.

Science Objectives
i) Observe changes across the four seasons.

ii) Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.

Working Scientifically

  1. Ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways.
  2. Observe closely, using simple equipment.
  3. Perform simple tests.
  4. Identify and classify.
  5. Use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.
  6. Gather and record data to help answer questions.

Lesson Planning

Teaching

  • Consider what effect rain has on us and our daily lives.
  • Design and make a weather station.
  • Record the rainfall over a period of time.
  • Make predictions about the results from the rainfall gauges.
  • Use the scientific vocabulary: weather, rainfall, precipitation and data.

Activities

  1. Talk about rain and how it affects our lives.
  2. Design and make a rainfall gauge.
  3. Set the rainfall gauges up in the playground and understand how to record the rainfall over a period of time.
  4. Make predictions about the results from the rainfall gauges.
  5. Use the scientific vocabulary: weather, rainfall, precipitation and data.

Investigation - exploring, pattern seeking
Set the rainfall gauges up in the playground and record the rainfall over a period of time.

Vocabulary
Weather, rainfall, precipitation, data

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