Watch the weather forecast on television or read the weather map in the newspaper. Reading the weather map helps children observe changes in the local climate. Use a weather map in the daily paper to look up the temperatures of cities around the world and discover how hot some get in the summer and how cold some get in the winter. It's 45 degrees here in New York City. Ask your children if they can think of reasons why different locations have different temperatures.
Many children enjoy finding the place that is the hottest or the coldest.
Watch cloud formations and make your own predictions. Don't be afraid to guess, and then check your prediction later in the day.