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that portrays the weather in an interesting and thought-provoking way. Activity steps 01 Research What different types of extreme weather events have you heard about? Have a look online to find out about how storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, flooding, heatwaves and others have been
or hear weather forecasts? • yHow can weather predictions we read or hear help us make choices? • yDid it help you make some choices today? • yDo you trust the information in weather forecasts? Why? www.metoffice.gov.uk | 3 © Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office How do different media outlets portray
. This can then mean they don’t believe or act on future real weather warnings www.metoffice.gov.uk | 5 © Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office How do different media outlets portray weather? www.metoffice.gov.uk | 6 © Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office Create your own weather report www.metoffice.gov.uk | 7 © Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office Find out more at www.metoffice.gov.uk/schools www.metoffice.gov.uk | 8 © Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office
Bringing data to life Overview “What will weather information of the future look like?” In this activity you’ll get to look at the new technologies being used to portray data in exciting, visual ways. You’ll create your own weather station and use it to take readings and record your findings
Exploring extreme weather Age range: 7-11 Exploring extreme weather | Extreme weather Introduction Overview This lesson ignites pupils’ interest in the world around them by looking at examples of extreme weather and the impact of these events. Pupils will explore ways of portraying weather
Exploring extreme weather Age range: 7-11 Exploring extreme weather | Extreme weather Introduction Overview This lesson ignites pupils’ interest in the world around them by looking at examples of extreme weather and the impact of these events. Pupils will explore ways of portraying weather
Exploring extreme weather Age range: 11–14 Exploring extreme weather | Extreme weather Introduction Overview This activity ignites students’ interest in the world around them by looking at examples of extreme weather events and their impact on communities. The focus will be on ways of portraying
Exploring extreme weather Age range: 11–14 Exploring extreme weather | Extreme weather Introduction Overview This activity ignites students’ interest in the world around them by looking at examples of extreme weather events and their impact on communities. The focus will be on ways of portraying
for confusion if you have multiple competing impacts (ice, snow, fog, rain, wind) is high, and the group asked if the Met Office are the right people to portray this message or should it be a health service which could separate it from the other warnings and avoid comms whilst helping the vulnerable. Local
, DH and MG visited the Centre in Reading. ECMWF portrays itself as primarily a research institute and WW was satisfied that there was already good collaboration between the Met Office and ECMWF and that ECMWF outputs were already well utilised within the PWS. One issue high up on the ECMWF agenda
