University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Icy Winter Weather
When meteorologists forecast a winter storm one of the important predictions they make is the type, or types, of precipitation that are likely to fall. Will freezing rain cause an ice storm? Will ice pellets called sleet leave the ground...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Observations of Climate Change
This interactive lesson introduces students to the various ways that people work to understand climate change, particularly in the Arctic.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Look at Weather Factors: Interactive Lesson
Students learn about four factors that describe different types of weather -- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds -- as they explore various weather conditions and find evidence that describes each type of weather...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Precipitation Reactions
This site from Georgia State University discusses the precipitation reactions and deals with the lead iodide product. Links are provided to information on double replacement reactions as well as ionic compounds. Not too in-depth, this is...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Water Resources Engineering
A collection of video lectures from a course on water resources engineering. Webpage includes twenty-eight lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length and cover topics like...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Weather
This lesson plan focuses on teaching students to distinguish among the evaporation, condensation,and precipitation phases of the water cycle.
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US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: The Water Cycle [Pdf]
An illustrated diagram of the water cycle that students can use for study.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Weather/water Cycle
In this activity, students will learn about the water cycle through a story, a song, and a game, and relate it to the weather that they observe.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Terrarium Investigating the Water Cycle in a 1 or 2 Liter Bottle
For this activity, students construct a terrarium in a bottle, and observe it over time to see when it 'rains,' which will indicate the completion of a water cycle.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: The Water Cycle
This simple overview provides definitions of key terms in the water cycle and a diagram showing the path water takes in this cycle.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Water Studies: Precipitation and Population
Students will gather and study data to understand daily water supply, how to deal with water shortages, and what contributes to a "good" water supply.
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Giving Water a Second Chance
This animation discusses water and the water cycle in a storybook format. Condensation, evaporation, and precipitation are all covered.
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Drippy Water Cycle Animation
This animation discusses the water cycle in a storybook format using the character Drippy. All the stages of the water cycle are covered.
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather Page: Forecasting
Find out about the art and science of forecasting at this site from Dan's Wild Weather Page.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff: The Weather Forecast (Activity)
This learning activity involves comparing actual weather to weather forecast estimates made by the weatherman and students.
Other
The Hydrological Cycle an Human Impact on It. [Pdf]
The hydrological cycle is usually called a recurring consequence of different forms of movement of water and changes of its physical state on a given area of the Earth. The role of different processes in the hydrological cycle and their...
Other
New Jersey Section of the American Water Works Association: The Water Cycle
Simple diagram and explanations of the water cycle and related terms.
Other
University of East Anglia: Data Uk Climate
The University of East Anglia offers links to information about climate information of the UK. Each link has charts with facts of weather types, monthly climate, precipitaion, and temperature.
John Wiley & Sons
Wiley Higher Education Precipitation Reactions
This page has a RealVideo movie of the precipitation of mercury(I) iodide, with explanatory text.
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: Reactions in Solution
Resource provides a set of 18 slides that discuss chemical reactions in solution. Slides 15-18 discuss metathesis (double replacement) reactions, including formation of insoluble precipitate.
Other
Institute of Global Environment and Society: Climate Outlooks
Provides information for ten day and two-week outlooks on temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture conditions throughout the world. Offers information on climate topics including El Nino and La Nina.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Cape Verde: Geography
A brief but informative look at the geography and climate of the volcanic islands that make up the Cape Verde archipelago. Information from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.