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Read Works: Clouds and Rain
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about clouds. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Walt's Class Watches the Weather
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about students who make a weather chart in class. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: It's Raining, It's Pouring!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text the different types of weather in March. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Watching the Weather
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage talks about weather indications of global warming. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Storm Chasers
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a scientist who chases storms to study them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Weather : An Introduction to Weather
[Free Registration/Login Required] Requires free membership.T his passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...
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Read Works: Earth Science the Weather
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about weather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix Series: Factors on Gas Pressure: Atmospheric Pressure
[Free Registration/Login Required] Observe what happens to the barometer as the weather changes from clear, to mixed, to overcast. Then answer a challenge question about the topic.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix Series: Gas Mixture and Molecular Speeds
[Free Registration/Login Required] Hike to the top of Mt. Everest and observe what happens to the amount of molecules pushing down on the surface of the Earth. After the activity, answer one challenge question about the topic.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Earth's Oceans
Windows to the Universe provides a general overview of the importance of the oceans and seas to the Earth. Content includes information on how the oceans impact Earth's weather and contribute to the water cycle.
PBS
Pbs/global Weather Machine
This site explains wind systems as part of a global weather scheme, with illustrations.
Other
Singapore Zoological Gardens: Welcome
This site has all kinds of information and pictures of the Singapore Zoological Gardens.
Other
Met Link International Project
People from all over the world exchange information about weather observation using a variety of instruments.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Unscramble the Clouds
In this slider picture puzzle, try and put the pieces in the correct place to see all types of different clouds.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Quizzes: Wild and Weird Weather
Think you know all there is about tsunamis, tidal waves and tornadoes? Take this wild and weird weather quiz to test your knowledge!
NBC
Msnbc: The Science Behind Snowflakes
This MSNBC article was written by David Ropeik. It discusses the formation of snowflakes and contains photos.
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Heat Transfer
A discussion from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey of the thermal factors effecting the movement of air masses in the atmosphere. Numerous topics such as methods of heat transfer, latent heat, phase changes (including sublimation and...
Institute of Global Environment and Society
Iges: Homepage
This site allows you to access a great deal of information about the link between ocean and climate. Latest El Nino/La Nina predictions and maps are one of many data sets featured.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: The Earth's Atmosphere
Windows to the Universe offers information on the Earth's atmosphere. The site contains links to a weather crossword puzzle and images.
Weather Wiz Kids
Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Forecasting
This comprehensive website is all about weather including forecasting, weather symbols, lesson plans, types of weather, causes of various kinds of severe weather, weather safety, and more. Check out the links down the left side.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Weather: Forecasting: Gathering Weather Data
Identify tools and their functions that help meteorologists study the weather.
McREL International
Mc Rel International: Timss 2007 Released Items: Science Fourth Grade [Pdf]
A released question from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assessment on seasons. Also included is a scoring guide.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Classroom Phenology: The Environment a Source of Data and Observations
A unit where students record daily temperatures, precipitation amounts, observations of weather patterns, shadow length of a set object, and other observations. In addition, they will complete a season-long weekly observation of a...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Does Weather Change?
In this lesson the students learn that the weather and temperature change daily and throughout the day.