Humanities and Social Sciences

Geography Weather
Year 1

Students Prior Knowledge and Experience

In terms of geography, students have a prior

understanding of the equator, northern and southern
hemispheres and the poles.

Learning Purposes Student Evaluation

1. Can students identify different
In accordance with state curriculum the main purpose of seasons and understand how and
the lesson; why they change?
How weather and seasons vary between places, and the 2. Do students understand that
terms used to describe them.1 seasons vary between places?
3. Do students correctly identify
weather terms and how they relate
to particular locations and
seasons?
Preparation and Resources
Whiteboard and markers
Globe and sun (a yellow ball, bigger than the
globe)
Timing Learning Experiences
10 mins Class brainstorm of weather terms

10-15 mins Weather Causes- using the globe and the sun explain their relationship to weather
changes and seasons in different parts of the world.

30-40 mins Merge weather causes (and terms) with geographic locations- four different locations
with drastically different seasons
Start with general explanation of locations and seasons
Draw a weather term and match to its best location, or all relevant locations.
Discuss with partner or small group

Lesson Evaluation
Were students engaged with the different activities in the lesson plan?
How well did the lesson communicate the main ideas and themes?
Does the lesson satisfy the state curriculum?

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School Curriculum and Standards Authority, Humanities and Social Sciences- Year 1 Syllabus,
K10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au, accessed 28/02/2017
J.Ash
 Mini-Lesson Plan

Timing Learning Experiences

5 mins Weather Causes- using the globe and the sun explain their relationship to weather
changes and seasons in different parts of the world.

5 mins Merge weather causes (and terms) with geographic locations- two different locations
with drastically different seasons
general explanation of locations and seasons

J.Ash