Exploring the weather wall
Overview
Ecolinc is a Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, environmental science centre situation in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria.
The Ecolinc Weather Wall has been designed and installed by CSIRO Atmospheric Research. The Weather Wall has the ability to display weather data from 22 December 2004 to today. Please note that this data is not official but is meant as a guide only to indicate what the weather at Ecolinc, Bacchus Marsh was at the requested date.
Aim
To read weather data collect by the Ecolinc Weather Wall and make observations.
Objectives
- To determine current weather conditions at Ecolinc
- To use the Ecolinc Weather Wall
- To recognise relationships between weather parameters
- To determine the annual rainfall and average monthly temperature at Ecolinc and how this compares to Melbourne’s data
Includes:
- Teachers notes
- Student activity sheet
- Power point presentation
- Ecolinc Weather Wall instructions