Learning Map
ScienceWeather & Climateusually ages 9–11

Reading Weather Maps

Read and interpret weather maps, data tables, and graphs — identifying symbols for sun, rain, wind, and temperature; spotting trends and patterns in weather data over weeks, months, or seasons; and using data to make simple predictions

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Try this together

If your child saw a weather map with symbols on the news, could they read it and explain what weather is coming — and if shown a graph of monthly rainfall, could they spot the wettest and driest months?

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Builds on
Using Weather Instrumentsages 7–9Interpreting weather data builds on knowing how to measure weather
Weather Forecastingages 7–9Reading weather maps builds on knowing how forecasting works
Weather vs Climateages 7–9Weather data interpretation benefits from weather vs climate concept
Seasonal changes (age 8+)ages 8–9Weather data interpretation parallels curriculum weather data tables/graphs
Reading Weather Mapsthis skill · ages 9–11
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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S6I04low confidenceYear 6 · Science inquiry

construct and use appropriate representations, including tables, graphs and visual or physical models, to organise and process data and information and describe patterns, trends and relationships

AC9S5I04low confidenceYear 5 · Science inquiry

construct and use appropriate representations, including tables, graphs and visual or physical models, to organise and process data and information and describe patterns, trends and relationships

AC9S3I04low confidenceYear 3 · Science inquiry

construct and use representations, including tables, simple column graphs and visual or physical models, to organise data and information, show simple relationships and identify patterns

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ST2-DAT-01medium confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 2
ST3-DAT-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S6I04medium confidenceScience · Levels 5 and 6 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S4I04medium confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S4U08low confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Understanding strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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