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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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Breath |
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Hold breath as long as possible - then imagine when you breath in it is daytime, when you breathe out it is nighttime (that is how fast a tree breathes). |
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Microclimates |
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On a windy day visit a place which is exposed and compare to an area behind a windbreak (e.g. hedge, trees, fencing). |
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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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Breath |
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Notice your own breathing, try breathing like a turtle/rabbit/ladybug/mouse/horse/cow etc and see how it makes you feel. |
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How climate affects habitats and cultures |
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Visit a greenhouse (e.g. in a botanic garden) and notice the differences/ similarities between the different climates created. |
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Weather |
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Become familiar with words of weather such as windy, foggy, hail etc. |
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Weather |
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Feel the wind on the skin. |
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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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Weather |
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Feel where the wind is coming from (e.g. lick a finger and hold it up) try this on different days and in different places. |
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Weather |
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See how far away you can feel someone blowing towards you. |
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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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How climate affects habitats and cultures |
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Learn appropriate design for the major climatic regions of the world (food, lifestyle, building, disasters). |
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Air |
Breath |
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Notice how when you breathe in, you feel yourself, and when you breathe out you feel that you are connected with others. |
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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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Air |
Weather |
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In a creative visualisation, imagine being as light as a bird and flying through the air - what do you see? |
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Air |
Weather |
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Sing songs which celebrate all the different types of weather (including rain and wind). |
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Air |
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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Breath |
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Make a closed terrarium in a glass bottle. |
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Air |
Breath |
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Find out that everything breathes in different ways (plants, fish, etc). |
