Weather Reporter Training Pack

Lesson 1

Weather Forecasting Weather Forecasting Training CourseTraining Course

• You have been successfully enrolled onto a Weather Forecaster Training Course. The course runs for 5 hours and at the end of the course, you will have all the skills needed to present the Weather on National Television!

• You will need to complete a portfolio of work before you are presented with the Meteorology

Achievement Award. • Click on the sun to find out your first

portfolio task.

Topic 1 ~ The Role of the Topic 1 ~ The Role of the Weather PresenterWeather Presenter

• Your first hour will develop your understanding of what skills a Weather Presenter has, and what jobs they undertake.

• For your portfolio, you need to complete a MindMap of these skills and jobs. A template has been produced for you, but feel free to be creative!

• Click here for the template• Stuck for ideas – click on the sun!

Mind Map Ideas• Your Mind Map should reflect all the different skills a

weather presenter has. Consider visiting www.bbc.co.uk/weather to learn more about weather forecasts.

• You might also like to visit http://www.oup.co.uk/oxed/secondary/geog.123/geog2/chapter2/page3/ (see your teacher for the password) for more help on the tasks weather presenters have to do.

• Finally, a great way to explain a skill or task is to use maps or diagrams.

• Once you have finished, click on the sun!

Finished? Check List Time!

• Your work this hour should include the following:– A Completed Mind Map

• The Mind Map should have the following Details:– Your Name

– Skills needed

– Jobs carried out

– Relevant Maps and Diagrams

• Print and save your work!