Weird or Wonderful Weather

Australia is a country of extremes when it comes to weather. From the wet tropical north and the snowy mountains in the south, to the arid outback, Aussies live with a variety of weather patterns and phenomena.  

Your local news channel has asked you to present a 2-minute segment on their upcoming “Weird or Wonderful Weather Show”.  

You must investigate your town and another town or city in Australia that experiences vastly different weather conditions to your own. Make a thorough comparison of the weather conditions, followed by a recommendation as to which place is the best to live.  

Will you be biased?  

Before you start the investigation you need to know:- 

1. Positive & negative numbers 

2. Causes of bias 

3. Line graphs 

4. Side by side column graphs 

5. The graph never lies 

Learning Intentions 

You will need to identify a town with very different weather to yours. 

You will be able to design a table to record the average monthly temperatures, rainfall and wind speed of the two towns.  

(Use Microsoft excel for your table) 

You will be able to use a line graph or a side by side column graph to represent the data.  

(Use Microsoft excel for your graph) 

You will prepare a 2 minute segment to convince an audience of the best location to live. 

1. Create a new folder called “Weird or Wonderful Weather” into your Maths investigation folder in your one drive. 

2. Log into your iMaths account and open investigation 6, "Weird or Wonderful Weather" click on student pages and download Investigation printables and save to your folder 

3.  READ, UNDERSTAND and PLAN your investigation. 

4. Create a glossary to understand the meaning of the following words 

Climate, extremes, phenomena, statistics, annual Bureau of Meteorology, contrasting, comparative, arid, weather, recommendation, vastly, weird, patterns 

5. Highlight and save your rubric 

6. Complete and save your investigation plan 

7. Continue to follow the steps in "Weird or Wonderful Weather” 

Useful Websites 

Investigation Weblinks 

• Climate data (www.bom.gov.au) 

• Data for Sydney (www.bom.gov.au) 

• Data for Melbourne (www.bom.gov.au) 

• Data for Brisbane (www.bom.gov.au) 

• Data for Perth (www.bom.gov.au) 

• Data for Adelaide (www.bom.gov.au) 

• Data for Darwin (www.bom.gov.au) 

• Data for Hobart (www.bom.gov.au) 

Inquiry Weblinks 

• Australian climate extremes (www.bom.gov.au) 

• World climate extremes (www.currentresults.com) 

• List of weather records (en.wikipedia.org) 

Log into iMaths for your Rubric.

Please use this as a checklist.