Curated OER
Weather Instruments
Students research weather instruments. In this weather instructional activity, students use the Global Climate DVD and take notes on weather instruments. Students answer multiple choice questions on a worksheet.
Curated OER
Science & Technology: Making and Appraising Weather Instruments
In this weather instruments worksheet, students make a weather instrument and then answer 8 questions about the specific instrument they made.
Curated OER
Design Weather Instruments using LEGO Sensors
Students design and create a LEGO structure that will house and protect a temperature sensor. They leave the structure in a safe spot and check the temperature regularly and chart it. After the students have built their structures, the...
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: National Severe Storms Laboratory
This National Severe Storms Laboratory Photo Album features amazing photographs of tornadoes, instruments, sky scenes, lightning, and hail.
NOAA
Noaa: Build Your Own Weather Station [Pdf]
Build six different instruments to collect meteorological data for the weather in your area.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Using Weather Balloon Data to Map Atmospheric Temperature
Snow-capped mountains make a picturesque scene, especially in summertime when the peaks are in such contrast to the warmth below. This project shows you a way to see how temperature changes with altitude using data collected twice daily...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Measuring Weather With Tools
Work with students to identify and understand the tools used to measure weather and how they're used.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Backyard Weather Station
In this hands-on activity, students use their senses to describe what the weather is doing and to predict what it might do next. After gaining a basic understanding of weather patterns, students will become state park engineers and build...
NASA
Nasa: Using Radiosonde Data From a Weather Balloon Launch
This lesson plan allows young scholars to learn about the layers of the atmosphere and to learn how to graph real atmospheric data.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Gather Data: Experiment With Weather
Simple guidelines for building several weather-related tools: anemometer, wind vane, barometer, rain gauge, snow gauge, and thermometer. After building your tools, follow experiment steps and record your findings on the Scholastic...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Building and Using Weather Instruments
In this lesson students will build and learn how to use three weather. They will use these instruments to collect weather data over a period of two weeks.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects:collecting Weather Data and Keeping a Weather Log
Over a period of two weeks students will use their class-made instruments to measure and record weather data. Students will also compare their data to online weather data. The final activity involves analyzing the collected data to look...
Other
American Meteorological Society: Data Streme Atmosphere
This site provides an extensive amount of weather information. Includes current information, forecasting, and historic weather related events. Weather map symbols and terminology explained.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Graphing the Weather
Fourth graders take weather readings using simple weather instruments and predict the weather.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Sun or Shade?
Use a thermometer to measure the air temperature in several places around the school.
Utah Education Network
Uen: What Is a Barometer?
Learn about the barometer and how it helps to predict the weather.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Weather Tools of the Trade
Learn all about the basic meteorological instruments.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Satellites and Weather Teaching Box
Help your middle school student learn how satellites help make weather forecasts more accurate and how the COSMIC satellites collect data about the atmosphere by measuring bending radio waves.
Stanford University
Stanford Solar Center: About the Space Weather Monitor Program
The Space Weather Monitor program is an education project to build and distribute inexpensive ionospheric monitors to students around the world. The monitors detect solar flares and other ionospheric disturbances. Two versions of the...
Weather Wiz Kids
Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Instruments
From anemometers to weather satellites this resource identifies several tools used in measuring or forecasting the weather.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Make a Weather Station
Make a wind vane, rain gauge, and barometer and learn how to measure wind direction, rainfall, and air pressure.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: History of Science and Technology: Weather Instruments
A look back in time at weather instruments used in previous centuries. Includes pictures and descriptions of instruments from Franklin Institute's historical collection.
NASA
Nasa: Hurricanes
Learn about hurricanes and how they are created. Features include video animation, the histories of the most devastating hurricanes and topics such as hurricane naming and hurricane study.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Weather Instruments
A short article providing a break down of instruments used for predicting the weather.