Introduction
Social Studies
Date
Duration: 1 hour
Topic: weather
Objective: 1. Define and use correctly the term: weather,temperature, thermometer, meteorology and meteorologist
2. List the elements of weather.
3. Identify instrument used to study the weather forecast.
Focus Question: How does weather affect human activities?
Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a particular time. It can be cloudy, windy, sunny. rainy, overcast, hot, clear skies and snowy.
Here is a weather report. The reporter or weather forecaster is called a meteorologist.
Elements of weather:
1. wind
2.sunshine
3. Rain
4. Temperature
5. cloud cover
Now that you have an idea of what weather is answer the following questions
1. What was the weather like when you woke up this morning? _________________________________________
2. What was the weather like yesterday evening? _________________________________
3. What is the weather like now? Is it the same as it was this morning? _______________________________
4. Is the weather always the same ? _______________________________
Use your dictionary to complete exercise 1 and 2 on page 91 in your social studies textbook.
Task
Meteorologists use special instrument in order to study the weather. Some of these instruments are:
a). thermometer c). anemometer e). Wind vane
b) Rain gauge d). Barometer
Process
Complete pages 92 and 93 .
Evaluation
Questions:
1.Define the term weather __________________________________________________________________________________
2. List the elements of weather
3. Name the five special instruments use to study the weather.
4. Which instrument is used to measure the temperature?
5. Which instrument is used to tell wind direction?
6. Which instrument is used to tell amount of rain fall?
7.Which instrument is used to measure the wind speed?
8. Which instrument is used to measure air pressure?
Conclusion
Home Work
Create your own weather forecast.