Teaching Material
Lesson plans
Lesson plans are created by the School-2-School team, as well as a group of School-2-School interns.
They are intended to be used by teachers to analyze real weather data in their classrooms. If you have a lesson plan and would like to share it, please email s2s@tahmo.org and we will review it before posting it online for other teachers to use
Lesson Plan Name | Target Age | Subject | Duration | Type | Required Materials | Computer Access |
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Water Cycle | Beginning | Geography | 30mins | Classroom | – | – |
Temparature Cycle | Beginning | Geography | 1hr | Small Group | – | – |
Solar Radiation vs Latitiude | Beginning | Geography | 40mins | Classroom | Globe, Flashlight, Ruler | – |
Solar Radiation vs Sun Distance | Beginning | Geography | 40mins | Classroom | Globe, Flashlight, Ruler | – |
Water Cycle Game | Intermediate | Geography | 30mins | Small Group | Dice | – |
Wind Anemometer | Intermediate | Geography & Mathematics | 1hr | Small Group | Cup Anemometer Supplies | – |
Solar Radiation vs Latitude | Intermediate | Geography | 40mins | Classroom | – | Excel spreadsheet program, Weather Data |
Daily Solar Radiation | Intermediate | Mathematics & Statistics | 40mins | Small Group | – | Excel spreadsheet program, Weather Data |
Dew Point Temperature | Intermediate | Geography | 50mins | Small Group | – | Excel spreadsheet program, Weather Data |
Temperature vs Relative Humidity | Intermediate | Geography & Mathematics | 50mins | Small Groups | – | Excel spreadsheet program, Weather Data |
Temperature vs Latitude | Intermediate | Geography & Mathematics | 50mins | Small Groups | – | Excel spreadsheet program, Weather Data |
Barometric Pressure | Intermediate | Geography & Mathematics | 1hr | Classroom | – | Excel spreadsheet program, Weather Data |
Temperature vs Wind Speed | Intermediate | Geography & Mathematics | 1hr | Classroom | – | Excel spreadsheet program, Weather Data |
Data Timescale | Intermediate | Mathematics | 40mins | Classroom | – | Excel spreadsheet program, Weather Data |
Wind Energy | Advanced | Physics & Engineering | 1hr | Classroom | Windmill Supplies | Internet Access |
Data Statistics | Advanced | Mathematics | 40mins | Classroom | – |
Excel spreadsheet program, Weather Data
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Dataset sampel
You can also download a sample data set for two stations (TA00055 & TA00057) in Excel format here- S2S_SampleData (clicking on this link will download an Excel format workbook with two tabs, one for each station). Below is a tutorial with instructions on how to download the data. Many of the provided lesson plans require a TAHMO dataset.
If you have a station at your school and would like to access the data from your station please fill out the form here.
Once you have downloaded your dataset, please note that the time in the downloaded file is given in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and not local time. To convert from UTC to local time, use the time zone to either add or subtract from the UTC time. The instructional video below will show you one method for converting the time from UTC to local time.
Our Station cleaning guide can be found here
Weather and Climate Lessons
TAHMO introductieles – Secondary School (Dutch)
TAHMO introductieles – Primary School (Dutch)
The weight of air and air pressure
Grafieken maken – Primary School (Dutch)
Wat is jullie klimaat? – Primary School (Dutch)
Additional Hands-on Teaching Materials:
Experiments and demonstrations for teaching weather (Royal Meteorological Society Metlink)
JetStream online tutorials about Weather (NOAA National Weather Service)
Climate, Water, and Weather Education materials for teachers and students (NOAA)
Earth and Space Engineering Activities (Teach Engineering)
Additional Online College-level Course Material:
– Hydrologie (only available in Dutch)
– Measurements for Water (partly in English)
– Electronic Instrumentation
– Hydrology of Catchments, Rivers and Deltas
– Hydrological Measurements
– Spatial Tools in Water Resources Management
Find more free OpenCourseWare materials from Delft University of Technology here, including how to take hydrological measurements the learning about how electronic instrumentation functions!