Weather decisions 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about weather and clouds. Question a. One evening in April a gardener saw this weather forecast for his town on television. He decided to go out and pick all the tomatoes left on his plants because ... there would be no more warm weather. there would probably be a frost. the plants had grown to full size. the tomatoes were as ripe as they would ever be. Question Which type of cloud is most likely to produce rain? Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online. Level: 4 Curriculum info: Science, Knowledge, Planet Earth Keywords: interacting systems, weather, frost, clouds Description of task: Students answer three short answer questions on weather, frost, and clouds. Making Better Sense: Features Answers/responses: Y9 (03/1998) a) B - there would probably be a frost. very easy b) Cumulonimbus moderate Diagnostic and formative information: Common error c) The pattern of wrong answers was: Cirrus – chosen in 40% of wrong answers. Cumulus – chosen in 34% of wrong answers. Stratocumulus – chosen in 20% of wrong answers. Stratus – chosen in 6% of wrong answers. The weather today II Cyclones Weather data Frost Thunderstorm safety Wind and landforms Clouds and fog New Zealand rainfall The weather today South Island weather Reading a weather map Recording the wind
