Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Consider what effect rain has on us and our daily lives.
• Set the rainfall gauges up in the playground, record the rainfall over a period of time and make predictions.
• Begin to look at how to record the results of the rain gauge in a clear way and use results to generate questions (Yr1).
• Look more closely at how to record the results of the rain gauge in a variety of ways (Yr2).

Activities

1. Make and set up rainfall gauges up in the playground.
2. Make predictions about how much rain will fall in the week?
3. Begin to look at how to record rainfall.

Investigation - pattern seeking
Consider what effect rain has on us and our daily lives. Set up rainfall gauges, record rainfall and make predictions.
Year 1 - Begin to look at how to record the results of the rain gauge in a clear way and use results to generate questions.
Year 2 - Look at how to record the results of the rain gauge in a variety of ways.

Vocabulary
Weather, rainfall, precipitation, data