Weather

Topics include:

Wind

• What makes the wind blow
  • High and low pressure areas
• The strength of the wind
  • Gentle breeze through to hurricanes
  • How to build shelters from the wind that don’t blow down
• The sound of the wind
  • Wind in the trees
    • Wind is not made by trees – the trees are blown by the wind
• Musical instruments that use wind
  • Whistles
  • Trumpets
  • Reed instruments like clarinets and oboes
• The direction of the wind

• Seasons
• Clouds
  • Cumulus -heaped clouds with flat bases and castle-like tops
  • Cumulonimbus -anvil-topped cumulus bringing thunder and rain
  • Cirrus -white feathery lines or bands at great height
  • Stratus -layer clouds usually smooth and dark
• Fog
• Rain, hail, sleet and snow
• Forecasting
  • Using the clouds to forecast
  • Using the wind to forecast