Learning Map
ScienceWeather & Climateusually ages 7–9

Weather Forecasting

Know that meteorologists are scientists who study and forecast the weather using satellites, radar, weather balloons, and computer models, and that weather forecasts help people plan their activities and prepare for dangerous weather

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Can your child explain what a meteorologist does, name some tools they use like satellites and radar, and describe why weather forecasts are important for keeping people safe?

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Builds on
Cloud Typesages 7–9Forecasting uses cloud observations as one input
Using Weather Instrumentsages 7–9Forecasting builds on knowing how weather is measured
Weather Forecasting & Safetyages 5–6Forecasting builds on curriculum purpose of weather forecasting topic
Weather Forecastingthis skill · ages 7–9
Unlocks
Reading Weather Mapsages 9–11Reading weather maps builds on knowing how forecasting works

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 ACARA · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S2H01low confidenceYear 2 · Science as a human endeavour

describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions

AC9S1H01low confidenceYear 1 · Science as a human endeavour

describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S2U07low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand
VC2S2H02low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science as a Human Endeavour 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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