weather vs climate by ellen sutton. content area: science grade level: 4th summary: the purpose...

Weather vs ClimateBY ELLEN SUTTON

Content Area: Science Grade Level: 4th Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is to teach the

difference between weather and climate. Learning Objective: Given information and examples of weather

patterns versus climate the student will answer questions with 100% accuracy.

State or Common Core and ISTE Standard: 0407.8.2 Differentiate between weather and climate.

Weather

Definition:The temperature, amount of precipitation and other outside conditions at a particular time and place.

When you think of weather think:• Day to day changes• Short-term• Small area

ClimateDefinition:the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

When you think of climate think:• Long term• Large area

ExamplesWeather

sunshine, rain, cloud cover, winds, hail, snow, sleet, freezing rain, flooding, blizzards, ice storms, thunderstorms, extreme heat/cold

Climateaverages of precipitation,

temperature, humidity, sunshine, wind

On the following several slides you will be answering a series of questions about weather and climate.

Choose an answer, if it is correct you will be able to continue; if incorrect you will be brought back to the question page to try again by clicking a button that looks like this:

Which of these describes an example of weather?

It was sunny today. The average wind speed here is 5 mph. It is normally very cold here.

CORRECT

Good job!

Which of these sentences describes a climate?

It rained for an hour and a half today. It rains about 3 months out of the year, every year. It also began to hail during the rainstorm.

True or False: Weather is an average of precipitation over a long time.

True False

CORRECT

Good job!

Which of these is a description of a climate?

It snowed in Maine for a week straight. It began to sleet during the storm earlier. The Northern United States have colder temperatures year round

.

CORRECT

Good job!

Conclusion

You now know the differences between weather and climate. You should be able to tell me which one is short-term and which

is long-term. As well as which covers large areas and which is concentrated to

smaller places. You should know which descriptive phrases(rainy/hot/average

rainfall/average temperature) are for weather or climate.