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Measuring Weather |
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Work out ways to measure and record different aspects of the weather - the rainfall, wind direction, wind speed, hours of sunlight. |
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Measuring Weather |
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Creative writing exercise "If I were the wind - I would ..." |
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Measuring Weather |
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Discuss the things that the wind carries - both real and symbolic, e.g. scent, ideas, music. |
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Measuring Weather |
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Lead part(s) of celebrations of the seasons (e.g. solstice/ harvest etc.) |
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Measuring Weather |
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Participate in a creative visualisation of rising into the sky and passing through rainbow clouds at sunset. Imagine the blue bubble of the atmosphere surrounding our planet - and what it is like to breathe in that blue colour. Discuss what would it be like to live in a world with a sky (atmosphere) of a different colour, e.g. green, red or yellow ? Close your Eyes and visualise it and then draw or paint the experience. |
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Measuring Weather |
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Rub your hands together and sit with palms facing a friend and see if you can feel the air between you, with Eyes closed. How can you perceive the existence of air? Notice the touch of air - notice it in your nostrils, notice it on your skin. |
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Measuring Weather |
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Recognise different cloud forms and talk about what weather they can bring. |
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Measuring Weather |
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Find out about the effects of wind and wind direction, perhaps through local sayings and phrases. |
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Measuring Weather |
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Hear the saying "there's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing". |
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Breath |
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Make a closed terrarium in a glass bottle. |