National Weather Service
National Weather Service: Jet Stream: Climate
The Online School for Weather discusses the world's major climate categories based upon general temperature profile related to latitude.
Other
Canterbury Environmental Education Centre: Weather Explorer
A look at the weather, how it is measured, and how it is caused. Learn what weather is like all over the world, how global warming is affecting our planet, and how "extreme" conditions like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and drought...
NASA
Nasa: Global Wind Patterns
This site from NASA lists and defines global wind patterns. It features a graphic of these patterns and a self-test with answers.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather vs. Climate
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares and contrasts the short-term phenomenon of weather with the long-term average of weather, otherwise known as climate.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Fronts
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the fronts that occur when two air masses collide.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Collecting Weather Data
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the various instruments that scientists use to measure weather conditions, including advanced tools like satellites and radar.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Blizzards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how blizzards form.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: Make Your Own Rain Gauge
Make a simple rain gauge to measure the precipitation.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ess2 5: Interacting Air Masses and Weather
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-ESS2-5: interacting air masses and weather.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: How Weather Works
Web weather site provides the perfect recipe for weather. Click on each ingredient to discover more about it.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Kindergarten Science: What Is Weather?
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about typical weather patterns and how weather changes with the seasons.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Kindergarten Science
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A science text for kindergarten that covers the weather and gravity.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: Make Your Own Weather Vane
As part of a unit on gathering data about the weather, this lesson features instructions for making a simple weather vane.
Other
Vocabulary Training Exercises
This site contains multiple vocabulary tests of 100 words each that drill word sets from animals to words of the soul. It also contains grammar quizzes and a personalized test generator.
CNN
Cnn: Typhoon Winnie
This articles discusses the destruction of typhoon Winnie on China. Find out how many lives were lost and other places that were hit.
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Many Interesting Things: Basic Esl Vocabulary Word Lists
Collection of word lists in a variety of categories such as baseball, geography, cooking, and transportation. Learning activities include word finds, hangman, and even typing practice.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Curriculum Center: Science
The Discovery Channel provides numerous topics that are the most popular science topics taught in upper elementary and middle school. Content is organized by topics (Bacteria, Oceans, Solar System, etc.); all topics include quick facts,...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Weather Maps
This site provides a lesson plan in which groups of students will each investigate a different type of weather map use for weather forecasting. Also includes discussion questions, extension ideas, and links to additional sites for more...
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Measuring: Temperature
Information about reading and comparing temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Starfall
Starfall: What Is the Weather? Song
This is an animated song about the weather including cloudy, sunny, raining, windy, and snowing.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Make a Tornado
Students explore factors that influence why certain areas in the United States have more tornadoes than others and observe a model to visualize what is happening during a tornado.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Satellite Storm Search
Students investigate a physical model to explore how satellite data impacts weather monitoring and forecasting.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Charting the Weather
During this activity, students will gather data from temperature and water gauges set up on the playground to learn about weather patterns. Then students will build a spreadsheet with data related to temperature, wind direction and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Weather Word Search
This lesson will give learners the opportunity to search the Internet for weather-related words. The students will define weather words prior to creating their own weather word search.