Lesson Planning
It’s raining, it’s pouring
Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of
Weather Experts - NEW LOOK Meteorologists - NEW LOOK
Objectives
Geography
- To understand why it rains.
- To make a rain gauge to measure how much rain water has fallen.
Enquiry question
Why does it rain and how can we measure how much rain has fallen?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Begin to understand and explain why rain falls.
- Understand how rainfall is measured and why it is important that we know how much rain has fallen.
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
Plastic bottles for rain gauges
Weblinks
The Water Cycle by BBC Teach
The Water Cycle by BBC Primary Geography
How the Met office measures rainfall