‘O’ LEVEL CALA COMPONENT A

LEARNER CALA GUIDE

Name :

Candidate Number :

Centre Name: Rushingo High

Centre Number : 020310

Learning Area : Geography

Level : O Level

Topic: Weather and Climate

Subtopic : Weather Station

Date: 7 March – 21 March 2022

Background to study

The School Weather Station is dysfunctional due to dilapidated instruments as well as

equipment .You have been asked to repair the weather station and you are required to do
the following activities to solve the problem.

Activity A

a) List the tools ,equipment or materials you will user to repair the weather station
(5)
b) i. Describe the uses of the things named in (a) above (10)
ii . Describe and explain the features of the Stevenson Screen (6)
c) Suggest problems faced by students in the reading and recording of information
from a school’s weather station (5)

Tips
#Read your notes on weather instruments and how they work
#Visit the school weather station and identify the materials used to set it up
How you will be assessed ?
a) Tools (5)
b) i. 10 marks for uses of materials
ii. 6 marks for description and explanation of the Stevenson Screen
c) 4 marks for problems when recording