All the topics included in this workbook meet the standards and requirements of both the Ministry of Education and Youth (Jamaica) curriculum for grade 8 Geography and the C.X.C. syllabus. Critical thinking is encouraged through the use of maps, diagrams and interesting exercises, which will help students to develop an understanding of weather and weather elements, climate and human interaction with the environment. Activities will help students to develop an enquiring mind and help them to understand weather and how the weather and climate influences man's activities on the earth, Upon completion of this workbook students should become more geo- graphically literate and be able to use and apply the knowledge and skills learned, in their local and global communities.

Inside this book

• The atmosphere
• People and weather
• Weather station
• Elements of weather
• Climate
• Map Reading Skills
  • Compass Direction and Bearings
  • Four and Six Figure Grid References
  • Measuring Distances
  • Contour Lines
  • Types of Slopes