Resources

Below is a range of resources to assist with the delivery of EMAP at your school. Click here to go back to the main resources page

Atmosphere (Weather Studies)

Interested in teaching your students about climate change using weather studies to facilitate this? Use these resources to plan your unit.

Weather Studies using GLOBE
You can study 3 areas of weather 1) Rainfall 2) Clouds 3) Temperature contact emap@rsnz.org to get involved.


Rainfall Activities
A series of resources to support you carrying out our EMAP rainfall investigation. The following resources are located here: 1) Rainfall Field Guide-guide to collecting rainfall and background information on where to locate rain gauge 2) Rainfall Data Sheet

  • Rainfall Field Guide
    Date Added: 08-06-2010
  • Online Data Entry Guide
    Date Added: 20-05-2010
  • Rainfall Collection Datasheet
    Date Added: 20-05-2010


    • EMAP Rainfall Project Participation Form
    A form to enable participation in our project. Functions as a form for use of a rain gauge and information to set you up with a GLOBE ID and password to see your data online.

  • Click to download participation form
    Date Added: 31-07-2009


    • Make your own rain gauge activity

  • Make a rain gauge activity
    Date Added: 29-06-2010


    • Cloud Activities
    Investigate, count and identify clouds in your school environment. These activities are designed to help you do this!

  • Beginner Cloud ID datasheet
    Date Added: 10-05-2010
  • Advanced Cloud ID Datasheet
    Date Added: 10-05-2010
  • Cloud Identification Field Guide
    Date Added: 10-05-2010


    • Droplets: The Kiwi Kids Guide to Cloud Identification
    GLOBE resource created by Paula McKean to help kiwi kids identify clouds.

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    Date Added: 11-02-2010


    • Cloud % Cover Identification Sheet
    Want a worksheet to help you work out the % cover of the clouds you observe in the sky? Targeted at Year 2-Year 4 this is a great starter resource to exploring clouds.

  • % Cloud Cover Identification Sheet
    Date Added: 26-05-2010


    • GLOBE NZ Cloud Chart
    This chart outlines the main types of clouds in both English and Te Reo. It also gives you information on how to read the sky and predict future weather patterns.

  • Cloud Chart
    Date Added: 11-12-2006


    • World Meteorological Day 2010 activities
    A collection of activities created to support schools collect data about clouds to help celebrate World Meteorological Day on the 23rd of March 2010.


    World Meteorological Day 2010

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    Date Added: 17-03-2010
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    • GLOBE Cloud Identification Activity
    Series of pics and names of clouds which you can laminate and use to teach cloud identification with your students. Instructions are provided

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    Date Added: 23-01-2009


    • Cloud Protocol Science Planner
    This resource is a guide on how cloud observations can be included into the school curriculum.

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    Date Added: 05-12-2006
  • Word
    Date Added: 05-12-2006


    • Temperature Activities Year 3-8.
    A collection of activities to support carrying out a GLOBE temperature investigation in your local

  • Temperature Investigation
    Date Added: 10-07-2010
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    Date Added: 28-04-2009


    • Describing the location of your weather station
    GLOBE asks that you define the characteristics of the site where you set up your weather station. This is a simple worksheet you can fill out with a primary school group in an easy/hassle free way.

  • GLOBE atmosphere site definition sheet
    Date Added: 25-09-2008


    • GLOBE Interactive Online Cloud Activity
    Use clouds to try and predict the weather by using this new GLOBE interactive online resource. It requires a free browser plug-in, Macromedia Flash Player 7.0.

  • GLOBE Online Cloud Activity
    Date Added: 14-11-2006


    • SEREAD Resources
    SEREAD is an educational programme linked to current teaching programmes in Pacific Island schools. The aim of these resources is to provide teachers with practical classroom materials and resources that they can use in their classrooms. There are two teaching units: What is Climate? which is aimed at years 7-10 children and What is Weather? which is aimed at years 3-6 children.

  • What Is Weather?
    Date Added: 11-12-2006
  • What Is Climate?
    Date Added: 11-12-2006


    • Traditional Māori Weather and Climate Forecasting
    Over the centuries, Māori have developed an extensive knowledge of weather and climate. NIWA have produced a fabulous poster on these traditional methods which is available by emailing posters@niwa.co.nz.

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    Date Added: 12-01-2009




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