Weather and Climate: What Students should already knowPupils should ideally already have some knowledge of weather and climate from the primary curriculum sections on Science and Geography. However, what students should know and what they actually know can be two very different things.
At KS1 the Primary Geography curriculum states that students should have been taught to 'identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom'. Pupils should also have learned about seasons and weather at KS1 in Science. |
KS1 Geography should have taught students about the 'location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator'.
The Geography curriculum states that at KS2 pupils should know the 'position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, arctic and Antarctic Circles'.
Students should already be able to 'describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones' by the end of KS2 Geography.
KS2 Science should have introduced pupils to the basics of the water cycle, including temperatures and the process of evaporation.
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The Geography curriculum states that at KS2 pupils should know the 'position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, arctic and Antarctic Circles'.
Students should already be able to 'describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones' by the end of KS2 Geography.
KS2 Science should have introduced pupils to the basics of the water cycle, including temperatures and the process of evaporation.
Please click the 'Next' button to go to the second 'Weather and Climate' page.