Public Information Systems MY NAME: MY CLASS:

Step 1- READ: The Project During this unit of work you will create your own Public Information System for a particular purpose by: Collecting weather data on a particular location from a website. Importing it into Excel so you can process it and find out some ‘interesting’ stuff. Present the data alongside other interesting things in your own Public Information System. General Teacher Notes: Questioning: DIFF: (using the faculty standard list) SEN: See seating plan TIME: AFL:

Step 2- READ Learning Outcomes Everyone will understand what a sensor is and how they can collect data. (Level 4) Most will learn what a PUBLIC INFORMATION SYSTEM is and be able to explain the three parts: Input, Process, Output. (Level 5) Some will be able to describe how weather forecasts are made. (Level 6) General Teacher Notes: Questioning: DIFF: (using the faculty standard list) SEN: See seating plan TIME: AFL:

STEP 3- What are these images showing? Challenge - Keywords - Type here Type here Type here Differentiation - 19/09/2018

Step 4- Airport Information Kiosk This one is in an airport. What sort of information do you think it would provide and why? The sort of information found at an airport information kiosk would be: 1. Type here 2. Type here 3. Type here 4. Type here - General Teacher Notes: Questioning: DIFF: (using the faculty standard list) SEN: See seating plan TIME: AFL: - 19/09/2018

Step 5- Input, Process and Output Quiz TASK: Take the quiz and see how many you can get out of 10 WHAT TO DO: Open this document here (right click on the link and open hyperlink) Complete the quiz 19/09/2018

Step 6- Weather Websites TASK: Using the internet find the weather forecast for Trowbridge and the surrounding area OFF 4 WEBSITES. WHAT TO DO: Open this document here (right click on the link and open hyperlink) Complete the information in the Word document about 4 weather websites that you found. Add WWW and EBI 19/09/2018

Step 7- What Is The Met Office? Add what you found here

Step 8- What Is A Sensor? How Does It Help Us With Weather? Add information here and add images

Step 9- READ! You are going to answer the following questions coming up on ‘How is a weather forecast made?’ It will consist of three parts (input, process, output) which you should explain. Don’t forget to include sensors! You will need to use the internet to research. Add images and make it look interesting

How is a weather forecast made? Add name here

INPUT: Add images and information about INPUT How does INPUT help the weather forecast to be made What devices are used? How is data collected?

PROCESS: Add images and information about PROCESS How does PROCESS or PROCESSING help the weather forecast to be made What is needed? How is data processed?

OUTPUT: Add images and information about OUTPUT How does OUTPUT help the weather forecast to be made How is information presented? By who? Where? What is the benefit?

Step 10- Why Different Types Of People Need Weather Forecasts Using this link here (right click, open hyperlink) complete the document about why different types of people need weather forecasts. Add lots of detail. Save to z: drive

Step 11- What Is A Weather Station? Add information and images here

Step 12- What’s The Weather? Using this spreadsheet find out the current weather for 10 different weather stations Have fun!