About this Place Of Interest

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (formerly abbreviated as MMD and now MetMalaysia) is an agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) which is responsible for providing various meteorological, climate and geophysical services to meet the needs of the nation in meteorological, climate and geophysical services for well being, safety and sustainable development. MetMalaysia is responsible for monitoring the onshore, sea and air weather conditions continuously throughout the country. In addition, MetMalaysia issues forecasts, advice, weather and ocean alerts and climate surveys to reduce disaster risk. MetMalaysia also provides aviation meteorological services to launch aircraft operations and geophysical services to detect earthquakes and tsunami warnings for Malaysia.

About this Learning Experience

In this learning experience you explore how the changes in rainfall and other forms of precipitation will be one of the most critical factors determining the overall impact of climate change in Malaysia. The recent climate change in Malaysia has been alarming with incidents such as unusual and prolonged dry season, unexpected bad weather, mini tornadoes, windstorm and floods. You will then be able to predict the seasonal rainfall in Malaysia using statistical and graphical methods and suggest precautions for the nation to face the uncertainties.

Syllabus Content

• Tabulating Data
• Calculating Mean, Mode and Median
• Representing data in graphical form

Resources Needed

1) Ipad/Laptop (Microsoft excel) 2) Calculators 3) Stationery