Community Learning Network
Community Learning Network: Blizzards and Snow Theme Page
Come and learn more about blizzards and snow storms through this collection of resources. This site offers a wide variety of links to increase your knowledge of this powerful force of nature.
NOAA
Noaa: Frequently Asked Questions About El Nino and La Nina.
Get an overview of El Nino and La Nina. Look up present conditions or find out the impact these weather phenomena have had in the past. This is a very comprehensive resource for any question you might have on these cyclical weather...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Make a Thunderstorm
Thunderstorms only happen under certain conditions. See if you can choose the right mix of temperatures and humidity to create a big thunderstorm.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Create a Snowstorm
Explore the factors that combine to create a snowstorm in this interactive.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Make a Hurricane
Make a hurricane and learn about the factors that control the strength of the storm, including temperature, moisture, and winds.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 3 Ess3 1: Weather Related Hazard Solution
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 3-ESS3-1: weather-related hazard solution.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:2 Investigation 5 Severe Weather
Learn about severe weather in Utah.
The Field Museum
Field Museum: Exhibits: Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters
Discover the true powers of Mother Nature through this vivid collection of research which delves into the causes of natural disasters and the impacts on those affected.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Forecast a Hurricane
Learn how to forecast a hurricane. Choose a high/low combination and see where the hurricane will go.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth System: El Nino's Influence on Hurricane Formation
This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how and where hurricanes develop. Learn how El Nino events alter the course of atmospheric circulation. Includes background reading material and discussion...
The Washington Post
The Gulf Coast in Katrina's Wake
This vivid look at New Orleans and the surrounding areas truly gets to the core of the destruction imposed by Hurricane Katrina. A graphic overview, panoramic photographs, and short videos are just a few of the amazing resources offered...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Tornadoes Teaching Box
In this teaching box are resources to help learners learn why and where tornadoes happen and how these weather events impact people's lives.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: El Nino Teaching Box
This Teaching Box combines readings and activities to build student understanding of the changes that happen during an El Nino event.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Flash Floods Teaching Box
This teaching box is filled with explorations and readings that help secondary students learn the science of flash flooding.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Torrents, Droughts, and Twisters Oh My!
Learners review what scientists know and what they're working to understand about the relationship between extreme weather events and climate change.
Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Weather: Twirly Whirly Tornado
In this lesson, students will witness the creation of a funnel, observe how a funnel moves debris, and learn how a thunderstorm can create tornados.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Forecasting Severe Weather
This lesson increases student knowledge of severe weather and weather forecasting. It emphasizes the importance of student questioning to obtain information. After the introduction to severe weather is made, students will create their...
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Tornadoes
Funnel clouds have been around for a long time. Check out the story of tornadoes and find out more about an outbreak of tornadoes in April of 1974.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Extreme Weather
Extreme Science takes a look at the "extreme weather" around the world. Look at cyclonic storms, blizzards, and other weather records.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: National Center for Atmospheric Research: Severe Weather Storms [Pdf]
Teachers and/or students are given four scientific experiments related to severe weather. Included are making clouds, homemade lightening, tornado in a bottle, and dissecting hailstones. Dramatic photos of severe weather conditions are...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Severe Storms Modeling
This site features information on the severe storm computer modeling that meteorologists use to help them study severe storms.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Impact of Natural Disasters on the Earth
Through demonstrations and other research, students explore the impact of various natural disasters on the earth. The disasters include floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Hurricanes
Whether you know it as hurricanes, typhoons, or cyclones, these dangerous storms are described in this article.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Most Lightning Struck Place on Earth
Lake Maracaibo is the stormiest place on the planet. Thunderstorms rage above this massive body of water for up to 200 days of the year, with each ear-splitting event lasting for several hours. Graeme Anderson lists the factors that...