Problem based learning in Meteorology

These pages provide access to other academics teaching Meteorology at university level who wish to incorporate Problem Based Learning approaches into their teaching. The materials presented here have been developed by the University of Reading as part of a joint fieldcourse taught by the Universities of Reading and Leeds. For more details of the activities please see the submitted paper on this work below.

PBL activity 1 - launching an ozonesonde

In this activity, students are asked to write a project proposal about when to launch an ozonesonde to maximise its scientific value. The document contains background information useful for students and instructions for students to complete the activity.

Ozonesonde activity

PBL activity 2 - observing system design

In this activity, students are asked to design a new climate observing station on the Isle of Arran based on their experience on a residential fieldcourse.

Observing system activity

Students attend three tutorial sessions to discuss and refine their ideas about the design, see the instructions for these tutorials below.

Tutorial instructions

PBL design paper

For more information on the project, please see the paper submitted to the Journal of Geoscience Education. Other academic institutions are permitted to use this content under the terms of the creative commons license below.

Problem Based Learning activities for Meteorology in Higher Education by Andrew Charlton-Perez, University of Reading & University of Leeds is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.met.reading.ac.uk.