AIMS

The General Meteorology: Climate, Weather and Agriculture Teacher's Guide is designed to assist students to be better able to:
· examine the fundamental concepts of climate, weather and Agriculture
· monitor and evaluate unique climate and weather features of an agricultural system.
· identify the atmospheric characteristics that harm and help agricultural systems.
· investigate work in their community involving the use of science.
· explore the social, technological and environmental impact or speculate about the impact of a scientific application.

RATIONALE
As the global population approaches five billion, there is an increasing concern for our environment, particularly amid the uncertainty surrounding stratospheric ozone depletion, acid rain deposition, global warming and a host of other little understood atmospheric processes that could change life as we know it on planet Earth.

This teacher's guide, produced by Project ATMOSPHERE Australia, is designed to assist teachers to present the atmospheric and meteorological outcomes stated within the document, Science - a Curriculum Profile for Australian Schools and emerging State and Territory curricula.

The goal of Project ATMOSPHERE Australia, is to upgrade weather literacy by encouraging teachers to teach from the perspective of real weather and weather as it happens. The Project's instructional materials emphasise the study of the atmosphere using information acquired at little or no cost.