Teaching Resources

Met Office

The UK Met Office has created a wealth of resources targeted at ages 5-18 to explain concepts in weather and climate science.

Royal Meteorological Society

The Royal Meteorological Society has lots of excellent materials for supporting learning about weather and climate change.

Institute of Physics

The UK Institute of Physics SPARK website contains ideas for activities related to the Physics curriculum. 

Activities directly related to weather and climate science include (here the given name of the resource is listed, to aid searching on this website)

Understanding the technology behind satellites

  • Satellites in the news
  • A stable orbit for a satellite
  • Passive sensing with Satellites
  • Active sensing with satellites
  • Motion in circles and satellites

Exploration of the physics and maths behind the seasons

  • The movement of the Earth and the seasons
  • The Sun's height and the seasons
  • Angle of incidence related to the power and the seasons
  • Simple variations in temperature on a globe
  • The seasons - what do we know?
  • Why is it hotter in summer than the winter?
  • Seasons: Thermochromic globe
  • Seasons and solar panels

Atmospheric physics

  • Homemade sunset
  • The Sun: late rising, twilight and a lady computer
  • Why is the sky blue?
  • Stellar convection