GENERAL OBJECTIVES: 

- Explain the composition and the layer of atmosphere: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere or ionosphere and exosphere.

-Describe what the weather is like, looking at different pictures and talking about temperature (freezing, cold, cool, mild, temperate, warm, hot), precipitation (rain, heavy rain, showers, hail, snow), wind (calm, breeze, moderate wind, strong wind, hurricane, tornado) and state of the sky (sunny, sunshine, cloudy, clear sky, overcast).

-Looking at a weather map to explain the weather forecast for different parts of the map (North, South, West, East, Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern...).

-Learning specific terminology: atmosphere, air, oxygen, layer, temperature, wind, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitations, forecast, pollution, climate change, hole in the ozone layer.

- Identify the elements of climate and the weather instruments: hygrometers, rain gauges or pluviometers, barometers, thermometers, wind vanes, anemometers.

- Identify and locate the world’s main types of climates: hot, temperate and cold.