Our Weather (II)

TOPIC: Our Weather
SUBTOPIC: Weather Instruments – Weather Symbols – Weather Records – Making Weather Instruments
CLASS: PRIMARY 4
DATE: ____________________
PERIOD: ____________________
DURATION: 40 minutes

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Identify and name common weather instruments.
2. Match weather symbols with their meanings.
3. Record weather conditions using symbols.
4. Improvise simple weather instruments.

KEY VOCABULARY WORDS: thermometer, wind vane, rain gauge, hygrometer, anemometer, symbol.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:

• Chart of weather instruments and their uses
• Real or improvised instruments (bottle rain gauge, paper wind vane)
• Weather symbol chart

CONTENT OF THE LESSON:

Weather Instruments and Their Uses:

Weather Symbols:
Symbols are pictures used on weather charts to show weather conditions. Examples: ☀ (sunny), ☁ (cloudy), ☂ (rainy), ❄ (snowy).

Weather Records:

• Kept daily by meteorologists.
• Can be in tables, charts, or graphs.

Making Simple Weather Instruments:

• Rain Gauge: Cut the top off a plastic bottle, invert it into the bottom, mark measurements on the side.
• Wind Vane: Use cardboard arrow, straw, and pin fixed on top of a stick.

INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY:
Teacher shows a thermometer and asks pupils to guess what it measures.

CLASS EXERCISE 1:
List three weather instruments and their uses.

CLASS EXERCISE 2:
Draw and label a rain gauge.

ASSIGNMENT (MCQs):

1. A thermometer measures (a) rainfall (b) temperature (c) wind speed
2. The symbol ☁ means (a) sunny (b) cloudy (c) rainy
3. Which instrument shows the direction of wind? (a) wind vane (b) hygrometer (c) rain gauge
4. A bottle can be used to make a simple (a) barometer (b) rain gauge (c) thermometer
5. Which instrument measures humidity? (a) hygrometer (b) thermometer (c) anemometer