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Week 11 · Weather, Seasons and Planting

Monday

Weather or climate?
// When the weather says go
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Weather or Climate?

Rocket bursts in with a seed packet. "It is warm and sunny today!" he says. "Let's plant everything right now!"

Raven checks the calendar. "What do you notice about the date? It is still early spring."

Nova hovers by the window. "One warm day is weather," she says. "What does this place usually get in spring?"

Rocket slowly puts the packet down.

Weather and climate

Weather is what the air is like right now, in one place.

It can be rainy today and sunny tomorrow. Weather changes fast.

Climate is the weather a place usually has.

Scientists find a climate by watching the weather for many years.

They usually use 30 years or more.

The main difference between weather and climate is time.

WEATHER OR CLIMATE?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
It is raining outside right now. Is that weather or climate?
A town usually has hot, dry summers. Is that weather or climate?
Rocket saw one warm spring day. Is that weather or climate?
Scientists usually watch the weather for at least how many years to find a climate? Type the number.
WHY THIS EXERCISEClimate is usually based on 30 years or more of weather.
Try it
Start a weather log in your notebook. Make four columns: date, sky, wind, temperature.
Look outside. Write sunny, cloudy, rainy or snowy.
Watch a tree or flag. Write calm, breezy or windy.
If you have an outdoor thermometer, read it with a grown-up.
Safety first
Never look straight at the Sun.
Stay inside during storms or lightning.
StatementTrue or false?
Weather can change from one day to the next.?
Climate is what the weather is doing this minute.?
One warm day means it is safe to plant everything.?
The main difference between weather and climate is time.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEGardeners plan with climate, not with one warm day.

Bean plant check

Your bean plant lives indoors, so its weather stays mild.

Measure it. Count its leaves. Write the numbers next to today's weather.

Great weather watching! Tomorrow we read a weather table and draw a graph.