1B - The weather today

Lesson: Geography

Topic - What is weather?

This line of enquiry provides an opportunity for the children to explore how artists in their paintings not only illustrate elements of the weather but also how it makes them feel, smell and hear the atmospheric conditions depicted.  

Children looked at a number of pictures of the weather by great artists down the years. They identified the weather conditions shown and discussed which season of the year they think is portrayed. In each case they considered how the artist made them feel when they look at the painting.

The children explored what the weather is like today. They went outside and had to spot signs of the weather from observation. They looked at the trees, stones, ground, leavves. They also examined textures to indicate whether they it wet or dry weather etc. We collected a few items that were used as evidence to show to show what the weather is like, for example, for a brown leaf they may use vocabulary, such as winter, wet, cold. 

They made a scrap book style page for the weather today and their own personal experiences of the weather.