Weather and Climate

Syllabus: CBC * Grade 5 * Social Studies * Strand 1.0 Natural and Historic Built Environments * Sub-strand 1.4 Weather and Climate

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you should be able to:

• Identify the elements of weather in the environment.
• Show the main climatic regions in Kenya on a map.
• Describe the characteristics of the main climatic regions in Kenya.
• Acknowledge different weather and climatic conditions when planning day to day activities.

Summary

Weather is what the sky and air are doing right now, on this one day. Climate is the usual pattern of weather in a place, built up over many years.

Kenya does not have the same climate everywhere. Because Kenya has highlands, a huge lake, a coastline, and dry northern plains, different parts of the country experience very different climates. In this topic, you will learn the elements that make up weather, and the four main climatic regions found in Kenya.