Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Weather and Climate in Your Neighborhood
Do you live in an area where the weather changes a lot from season to season throughout the year? Or do you live in a place where the weather stays pretty much the same all year long? How dynamic is the weather, and how does it compare...
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Working With Wind Energy
Students use the engineering design process to build a working windmill out of everyday materials. Lesson explores the technology behind wind energy being used to generate energy in businesses and homes worldwide.
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Nsidc: All About Snow
A beautiful snow scene awaits you at this site as well as cold facts about snow, Q & As, a snow glossary to inform you on such things as the difference between a blizzard and a squall, and information on avalanches and blizzards.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Can You See the Wind?
See the many things that the wind touches and moves as it blows about. Book includes audio narration in 21 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Family: Is It Cold Outside?
A story about winter weather and activities children can do inside on a cold day. Includes audio narration in 19 additional languages with text in English.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Collaborative Projects
Using a variety of science topics, these projects link your class with classes around the world in data collection and analysis. There are projects recommended for all grade levels. Begin dates and end dates are listed to help in...
Other
Denver Museum of Nature and Science: What's the Weather Like Today? [Pdf]
Weather is all around us. We can see it, feel it, touch it, hear it, and even taste it. Weather is the condition of the atmosphere with respect to temperature, humidity, wind, and other factors. Some of the many weather conditions...
CNN
Cnn en Espanol: Tiempo
This Spanish version of CNN gives a nice, compact site to access the weather of all hispanic countries and many of cities within them. Additional informative links available.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Factors of Weather Under Pressure
How does air affect our weather? Learners will conduct an experiment to demonstrate how air pressure and humidity work. Included are pictures and videos of the lesson in action, whole group and individualized instruction plans, and a...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 1: Unit 3: El Tiempo
In this third unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn to have a written conversation with someone about the weather and their locations, to communicate about seasons, to speak about themselves, use clothing and other...
Other
Climate Change Institute: Climate Reanalyzer
Using interfaces for reanalysis and historical station data, the Climate Reanalyzer provides an intuitive platform for visualizing a variety of weather and climate data sets and models.
King's Centre for Visualization in Science
Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 1: Introduction to Earth's Climate
This is the first lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. It explores Earth's unique climate and atmosphere, regional climate differences, and temporal climate differences. Includes comprehension questions...
NOAA
Noaa: Weather and Atmosphere
The collections in this thematic area provide educational resources that introduce concepts of weather and atmosphere. It provides activities and data for exploring weather and atmospheric sciences, and link to emerging research on these...
Other
Farmers' Almanac
View the homepage and read interesting facts from the Farmers' Almanac. A compilation of knowledge on weather, gardening, cooking, remedies, managing your household, preserving the earth, and more.
NOAA
Noaa: National Weather Service: Weather Prediction Center
Ongoing information updates on weather conditions and forecasts in the United States, displayed on animated maps.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Beginning Clouds Unit
Explore how clouds are formed with the computer-based model in these interactive activities. Also learn about clouds part in the water cycle. Activity includes pre- and post-tests which can be saved and graded by the teacher.
NOAA
Noaa: The Atmosphere During El Nino
This page explains in detail what happens in the atmosphere during El Nino.
Other
Vox Media: Weather 2050
See what the average winter and summer temperature is predicted to be in your town in 2050.
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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Where'd the Wind Come From?
Kids learn the science behind wind by watching a video, hearing a book and using a flow chart. This lesson plan includes pictures of students' completed work, extension ideas, and a printable flow chart worksheet.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tornado
Students are asked to explain how a tornado is formed and what a tornado does.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Flex Book Textbooks: Earth Science Concepts for Middle School
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, web-based, multi-media textbook covering a wide variety of Earth science concepts for middle grades.
PBS
Pbs: El Nino
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I See the Weather
Students will answer text-dependent questions for the expository text "Seasons and Weather". While text-dependent questions have been around for a long time, Common Core asks teachers to focus on them during reading. This lesson plan...