Description
Book SynopsisA fun and magical tour of the world of working with weather, with Billie and their very silly pet cat, Mia!
Does your child love weather? Do they think that they might want to work with weather one day when they are grown up? Help your child to find out about all sorts of weather-related jobs that people do.
Billie has a very special dressing up box. When they choose an outfit from the box, they are whisked away to meet all sorts of people doing all kinds of amazing job. In Working with Weather, Billie and Mia meet a meteorologist, a weather presenter, a storm chaser, an climatologist, a hydrologist, a weather photographer and many more. Together, they find out lots of interesting things about these jobs these people do and the weather they work with. (And be sure to take a close look to see what naughty and silly things Mia gets up to in the funny illustrations)
Jump into Jobs is no ordinary science careers series. It's designed to help young children to think not only about the job that they might want to do in the future, but to be inspired by the world of work that is happening all around them. Each book concludes with a spread to encourage children to research the topic further through fun activities. The series is perfect for children aged 5 and up who are interested in what adults do all day and as part of a well rounded PSHE and Science curriculum.
Title in the series:
Working with Animals
Working in Space
Working Underwater
Working with Weather
Table of Contents
- 1: Meet Billie ... and Mia!
- 1: Meteorologists ... are weather experts
- 1: Weather presenters ...tell us about weather
- 1: Avalanche forecasters ... keep people safe
- 1: Storm chasers ... investigate storms
- 1: Hurricane hunters ... fly through storms
- 1: Solar farmers ... harvest the Sun's energy
- 1: Climatologists ...forecast future weather
- 1: Hydrologists ...study the water cycle
- 1: Lightning steeplejacks ... protect buildings
- 1: Weather photographers ... take stunning shots
- 1: Space weather forecasters ... study the Sun
- 1: Now it's your turn to work with weather!
- 1: Glossary
- 1: Further information
- 1: Index
