Seasonal changes (age 8+)
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season
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“Can your child collect weather data over several weeks, put it in a chart, and use it to describe what weather is typical for that time of year?”
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- Activity. Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season
What to notice. Collect and organise weather data in a table (temperature, precipitation, cloud cover) • Create a graphical display (bar chart, pictogram) showing weather patterns for a season • Use the data to describe typical weather conditions for that season and compare with other seasons
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Can your child collect weather data over several weeks, put it in a chart, and use it to describe what weather is typical for that time of year?
Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season
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- Collect and organise weather data in a table (temperature, precipitation, cloud cover)
- Create a graphical display (bar chart, pictogram) showing weather patterns for a season
- Use the data to describe typical weather conditions for that season and compare with other seasons
“Can your child collect weather data over several weeks, put it in a chart, and use it to describe what weather is typical for that time of year?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Earth's Systems
- Age range
- Ages 8–9
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