WEATHER IN SOUTH AFRICA

SOCIAL SCIENCES GR5

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TAKE OUT YOUR WEATHER FORECAST•DISCUSS WITH YOUR PARTNER WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON YOUR WEATHER FORECAST FROM THE NEWSPAPER

•GIVE FEEDBACK AS A GROUP TO CLASS ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL FIND ON THE WEATHER FORECAST

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FOUR MAIN ELEMENTS OF WEATHER:

•TEMPERATURE

•WIND

•CLOUD COVER

•RAINFALL

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TEMPERATURE

•HOW DO WE MEASURE TEMPERATURE?

•DEGREES CELSIUS

•WITH A THERMOMETER

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WIND

•HOW DO WE MEASURE WIND

•MEASURE WIND IN KNOTS

•WITH A ANEMOMETER

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CLOUD COVER

•HOW DO WE MEASURE CLOUD COVER

•REFERS TO THE FRACTION OF SKY OBSCURED BY CLOUDS WHEN OBSERVED FROM A SPECIFIC LOCATION

•MEASURED IN OKTA

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RAINFALL

•HOW DO WE MEASURE RAINFALL

•MEASURE WITH A RAIN GAUGE

•IN MILLIMETRES

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DESCRIBE THE WEATHER

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WEATHER FORECAST

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PRACTICAL•GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK

•TEMPERATURE EACH DAY AT 12:00

•RAINFALL MEASUREMENT EACH DAY

•CLOUD COVER EACH DAY

•SEE WHETHER IT IS THE SAME AS PREDICTED IN NEWSPAPER

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HOW DO WEATHER INFLUENCE

•WHAT CAN’T WE DO WHEN IT RAINS?

•WHAT CAN’T WE DO WHEN THE WIND IS BAD?

•HOW DO PEOPLE REACT TO RAIN?

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WHAT CHANGES OUR WEATHER

•BRING INFORMATION TO CLASS ABOUT FACTORS CHANGING THE WORLD’S WEATHER.

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