Kids and learning
Activities for parents and teachers explaining El Niño. Soshyal rooms are 18+. These pages are for the adults who teach.
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- El Niño for kids: the tub experiment
You can see the big idea behind El Niño with a tub of water and a straw.
- Make a mini weather station at home
Weather scientists at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) measure rain and temperature in standard ways.
- Classroom poster: colour the three ENSO phases
This page is made for printing and colouring in class or at home.
- Quiz: 10 questions on El Niño, with sourced answers
Test yourself, your class or your family. Every answer comes from IMD or NOAA.
- Kids: a 7-day water-saving challenge with a tick chart
Hyderabad is short of rain this year, and every family can help save water. Print this chart and do one small job each day.
- Glossary: 20 El Niño and weather words in plain English
News about El Niño is full of jargon. Here are 20 words in plain English, each checked against IMD, NOAA or CPCB.