What's up with the weather? app for iPhone and iPad

Sustainability Aware is a series of educational apps made to inform and engage kids about our environment and our impacts on the Earth. What’s Up With The Weather? takes an in-depth look at our changing climate and what we can do about it.

In this app we’ll learn about:
· the difference between weather and climate
· Earth’s climate history and how Earth’s climate has changed over time
· climate change – including man-made warming, the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases
· how and why humans are having an impact on climate
· scientific methods of predicting weather and climate
· myths about climate change and science-based responses to these myths
· what we can do about climate change on a personal and political level.

We’ll also take an in-depth look at the effects of climate change on:
· our food and water supply
· human health
· Earth’s ecosystems and biodiversity
· melting glaciers and rising sea levels
· the occurence of natural disasters.

Reading level: Approximately 10–12 years old, Australian middle to upper primary school level. Suitable for guided reading and classroom use.

With engaging content, these apps transform tricky, theoretical scientific topics into information readers can easily grasp. Each app shows how kids can actively take part in leading the world to a sustainable future. It takes an informed, realistic approach to the issues and offers practical, everyday suggestions for how we can all live more sustainably. All of our apps are jam-packed with information and enhanced interactive elements.

Our apps include the following features:
• breakout features to expand on the content and broaden a student’s understanding of the issues
• glossary terms – difficult words are highlighted and explained in pop-up boxes.
• interactive diagrams
• animations
• videos
• slideshows
• informative graphs

Learn more about sustainability in the other apps in our series:
• Eating green: Sustainable food and farming
• Animals under threat: Wildlife on a warming planet
• Going green: Sustainable transport choices
• Powering our planet: Sustainable energy solutions
• Doing your bit: Help rescue the planet

To find out more about our series, please visit our site www.sustainabilityaware.com.