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The Sun Times Global/Sun Temperature Project
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/tempproj/
To collaborate with schools throughout the world in determining how the average daily temperature and hours of sunlight in a specific location are affected by how close that location is to the equator. |
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The Sun Times Global/Sun Temperature Project
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/tempproj/
To collaborate with schools throughout the world in determining how the average daily temperature and hours of sunlight in a specific location are affected by how close that location is to the equator. |
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The Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/
Read about the weather forecast for the coming months. |
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Make your own Weather instruments
http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.html
Make a barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane, compass. |
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RADAR- ology
http://www.fi.edu/weather/radar/radar.html
RADAR explained and its importance to weather forecasting. |
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Weather events explained
http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/events.html
Explanations of hurricanes, clear days, showers, tornadoes, snow showers, rain, fog, thunderstorms, cold fronts. |
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Web Weather for Kids
http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/
Learn what makes weather wild, with classroom activites and weather foracasting tips.
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FEMA for Kids
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
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Eye in the Sky
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/
Earth's weather as tracked by satellites.
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Thunderstorms
http://www.fema.gov/kids/thunder.htm
Information about lightning. Click on 'things to know'. |
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Dan's Wild Wild Weather Watch
http://www.wildwildweather.com/
Explanations about: El Nino / La Nina, temperature, humidity, wind, tornadoes, clouds, pressure, climate, lightning, RADAR, hurricanes, precipitation. |
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Clouds
http://www.carlwozniak.com/clouds/
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Precipitation explained
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/home.rxml
Rain and hail, freezing rain, sleet, snow |
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Classroom activities
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/home.rxml
Activity topics include: pressure, air masses, precipitation along fronts, mid latitude cyclones, surface observation symbols, current weather symbols, forecasting temperatures, forecasting temperature. |
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El Nino: Hot Air over Hot Water
http://www.fi.edu/weather/nino/nino.html
Experiments and explanations - a collection of useful sites. |
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Weather Watch
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/index.htm
Featured project with teacher's guides and many links for student research |
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Wonderful World of Weather
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj/index_NEW.html
An on-line class weather project. This Real Time Data Module has been created for use by students in the elementary grades to allow them to investigate weather phenomena both locally as well as in other places around the world.
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