Curated OER
Isotherms and Fronts
In this weather instructional activity, students draw in isotherms on a temperature map. Students indicate the location of cold fronts, warm fronts, and stationary fronts. This instructional activity has 2 drawing questions.
Curated OER
Why Does Weather Occur?
In this weather worksheet, students will compare and contrast the differences between warm air masses and cold air masses and how these influence the weather patterns.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Air Masses and Fronts
What are air masses and where do they originate? What happens to the weather along fronts? Learn about warm and cold fronts and different types of advection. Maps and animated illustrations make these topics easier to comprehend.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate: Air Masses & Fronts
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of air masses and fronts. It describes the types of weather fronts, what an air mass is, and the four types of air masses in the US.
Other
Physical geography.net: Introduction to the Atmosphere
A very detailed description of air masses, how they move and interact, and what weather takes place when this happens.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Icy Winter Weather
When meteorologists forecast a winter storm one of the important predictions they make is the type, or types, of precipitation that are likely to fall. Will freezing rain cause an ice storm? Will ice pellets called sleet leave the ground...