Weather

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.
 
 

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.

Read about the weather forecast for the coming months.

Make a barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane, compass.

Tools to help you measure wind, air pressure, moisture and temperature.

RADAR explained and its importance to weather forecasting.

 Explanations of hurricanes, clear days, showers, tornadoes, snow showers, rain, fog, thunderstorms, cold fronts.

Learn what makes weather wild, with classroom activites and weather foracasting tips.

• Weather Safety - Explanations for protecting yourself in wild weather.
• Weather Stories - Good models for a language activity
• Hands-on Activities
• Games
• Clouds
• Thunderstorms/Tornadoes
• Hurricanes
• Blizzards/Winter Weather

• Fema for Kids Hurricanes
• Explanation, classifications, names, disaster intensity scales, season predictions.

Earth's weather as tracked by satellites.

• Classroom Ideas - lessons for Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, , Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
• Natures Fury
  Titanic forces at work, and the misery they can visit on humans, caught up in them.
  Each link begins a short Flash excellent video clip and then you can click on links to The Effect, The Phenonemna, and The Science of each of earth's fury.
  • Volcanoes
  • Tornadoes
  • Wildfires
  • Earthquake

Information about lightning. Click on 'things to know'. 

Explanations about: El Nino / La Nina, temperature, humidity, wind, tornadoes, clouds, pressure, climate, lightning, RADAR, hurricanes, precipitation.

• Cloud formation
• Cloud Types
• Cloud pictures - can be used in your presentations
• Atmospheric Phenomena

Worksheet and web links for research.

 Rain and hail, freezing rain, sleet, snow

 Activity topics include: pressure, air masses, precipitation along fronts, mid latitude cyclones, surface observation symbols, current weather symbols, forecasting temperatures, forecasting temperature.

Experiments and explanations - a collection of useful sites.

Find out about weather forecast around the world.

• Weather Trivia
• Weather Quizzes
• Online Cloud Guide

Featured project with teacher's guides and many links for student research

• Hurricanes
• Winter Storms
• Tornadoes
• Lesson Plans and Reproducible Sheets

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.

• Project Information
• Teacher Area - Lesson plans with printable sheets
• Student Work