The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 3 Ess2 2: World Climates
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 3-ESS2-2: world climates.
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids
Climate Kids thoroughly covers climate change and global warming. There are videos, games, puzzles (e.g., Cloud Picture Scrambles), interactives (e.g., the Climate Time Machine) and stories (e.g., Climate Tales). An educators' page links...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Plotting Climate Data
Third graders use climate data to create a key, plot data points, and interpolate data.
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.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biomes of the World
Investigate the climate zones and biomes of the world.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Biomes
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of biomes, and the six different types that are found on Earth.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Types of Climates
Discover a few types of climates found on the earth like rain forests and deserts.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Climate
Kid's learn about the science of climate. How it differs from weather over a long period of time.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Climate
Brief informational site contains a definition of climate as well as the various climate types.