Learning more about the weather.

Olivia asked the question of 'how do the weather people know what the weather will be like'?. This was asked after we saw the snow weather warning come up.

So.. We watched a few videos..

 

We also got out our weather kit that we have had sat on the shelf for the past few years that we picked up at a charity shop.

One of my clients on ebay was saying how she had no snow so we talked about UK climate and why it could be different for different parts of UK.

My Street Greater Manchester-

 My Clients Street Hampshire:-

We learnt a little bit about UK Climate from Met Link Royal Meteorology Association.

Being quite lazy and all..they also emailed the Met Office to see if they could answer the question of why does it snow in one part of the country while simultaneously it does not in another, such as in Hampshire. They received a lovely detailed reply with some great links so they can explore more.

They also learned the difference between weather and climate and created a couple of graphics to demonstrate:-

We also learnt that it is the Earths Tilted Axis (Axial Tilt) that is responsible for our seasons.

 We watched this interesting video to learn more.

The kids are now busy writing up what they have learned.