Discover Earth
Weather Stations
Transform your classroom into a fully functioning weather station with this series of hands-on investigations. Covering the topics of temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and cloud formation, these activities engage young...
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Micro-Climate
Atmosphere aces investigate the microclimates that exist within a larger area. They use a thermometer to record the varying temperatures and identify the microclimates on a map that they have drawn. This exercise helps them to understand...
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Curriculum Activities: Ecological Concepts
Students explore a variety of microclimates to develop an awareness of why organisms live where they do. Moisture, time of day, land cover, and temperature form the basic concepts of this investigation.
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Planetary Weather
Young scholars study the weather on other planets in our solar system. In this planetary weather lesson students create a display of the different weather conditions on the other planets.
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Weather-Air Temperature
Students complete activities to learn about changing air temperature. In this air temperature instructional activity, students study various ways to measure air temperature and learn factors that influence temperature. Students study the...
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Tracking the Weather
Learners study the weather over time in this lesson. In this weather lesson, students record weather information from the newspaper over a month's time. They record the wind speed and direction, the barometric pressure, the air...
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Cold Enough?
Students read and record temperatures and display the data. They represent the temperatures on an appropriate graph and explain completely what was done and why it was done. Students display the data showing differences in the daily...
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Air Temperature and Kinetic Energy
Learners use a NASA website do activities which help them better explain how air temperature and kinetic energy are related to aircraft propulsion.
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What is Weather?
In this weather worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in 1 main idea and 2 supporting details describing what makes up the weather.
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Planetary Weather
Pupils are asked what do they recall about weather. They reasearch weather on the other planets of the solar system. Students work in groups and each group is assigned two planets. They create a display showing the weather on each of...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Climate and Weather
Eight hands-on lessons module in which students explore climate and weather. Inquiry-based investigations include observing weather, weather reporting, weather maps, weather satellites, causes of weather, and climate change.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Aaas: Project 2061: Topic: Weather and Climate Ii: Seasonal Differences
[Free Registration/Login Required] Create a science test that checks for student understanding in science, for common misconceptions, as well as for correct ideas. This is a list of key ideas related to Weather and Climate II: Seasonal...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: How's the Weather?
A tutorial that describes the five factors that determine the weather in a particular place and time. The factors discussed in this tutorial are air temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind, and precipitation. A PDF file of the tutorial...
NOAA
Noaa: National Weather Service: Wind Chill Temperature Index
Provided by the National Weather Service, a chart showing current temperature, wind (mph) and the air temperature with the wind chill. Shows the calculation for wind chill at the bottom of the chart and provides a wind chill calculator.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Greenhouse Effect in a Greenhouse
A lab where students will construct their own small greenhouse out of a plastic container, plastic wrap, and different materials to observe the effect this has on temperature. Data is collected, graphed, and saved online to be graded by...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Relative Humidity Measurement
Using the wet bulb-dry bulb method, students will compare the temperature of a dry temperature sensor and a wet temperature sensor. By comparing the temperatures, students will be able to find the relative humidity. After completing the...
University of Wisconsin
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Surface Weather Analysis
Explains the use of synoptic weather analysis in preparing weather maps and forecasting. Discusses the use of symbols as well.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Ww2010: Weather Forecasting
Explains various techniques used in weather forecasting including persistence, surface features, temperature, and precipitation.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Subnivean Comfort
Students measure and compare air temperatures inside and outside a snow shelter. If students choose to sleep in the shelter overnight they use the temperature measurements to confirm what they discover experientially- that snow is a...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of weather and climate, and the difference between them.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: More Effects on Temperature
There are several factors that affect air temperature as highlighted in this text.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Build Your Own Weather Station
Students are guided in how to build their own weather station that will measure temperature, humidity, precipitation, atmospheric pressure, and wind direction and speed.
NASA
Nasa: Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics
Includes exhaustive information and a wealth of activities pertaining to aerodynamics and the physics of flight.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Weather Front Model Activity
In this activity, young scholars will observe that a change in the temperature of air will determine its place in the atmosphere. Water, which behaves very similarly to air, is used in this demonstration. It flows in fluid currents in a...