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USA Today

Usa Today: How Winter Storms Bring Rain, Ice and Snow

For Students 9th - 10th
A great diagram of precipitation and what forms at different degrees. A short description on the formation of rain, snow, and sleet.
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National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Hail

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a paragraph about the formation of hail.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Hail and Rain

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how hail is produced. You will discover the relationship between hail and thunderstorms.
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USA Today

Usa Today: Rising Air Creates Spring, Summer Ice

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives you basic information on hail. There are links at the bottom of the page to how hail forms, how updrafts breed hail and thunderstorms.