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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Influences on Weathering

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Variables that affect the rate of weathering.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Influences on Weathering

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Variables that affect the rate of weathering.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Introduction to Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the definition of weather and the factors that make up weather.
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: What Forces Affect Our Weather?

For Students 9th - 10th
A great starting point for learning about the weather and for finding help starting your own investigation of what affects the weather. Site is organized into the following sections: "The Atmosphere," "The Water Cycle," "Powerful...
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Article
NASA

Sci Jinks: What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Weather and climate may be lumped together when meteorologists talk about them, but they are two different things. This brief article identifies how to differentiate the two.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Ilsa and the International Camp

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a girl named Itzel who meets new friends from all over the world when she attends International Camp. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Climates: An Introduction to Climates

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about climates. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Continental Position on Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How close a region is to the ocean affects its climate.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Altitude and Mountains on Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Mountain ranges and the altitude of a region affects the climate.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Atmospheric Circulation on Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How atmospheric circulation cells affect the climate of regions.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Circulation in the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the convection cells present in our atmosphere.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How heat is transferred in the atmosphere.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Weather Walks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this multi-day, learners will learn weather through multisensory approaches. Students will make daily predictions. After each daily prediction, they will collect measurement and observational data by taking walks in different types of...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how clouds form, and describes different types of clouds.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Collecting Weather Data

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the various instruments that scientists use to collect weather data.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Sci Jinks: What Is a Polar Vortex?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what a polar vortex is and how high and low pressure affects the weather.
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Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Sci Jinks: Weather Folklore

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out some of the weather folklore from various areas of the world.
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Activity
Teachers.net

Teachers.net Lesson: Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here are several great lesson ideas for a weather unit. The lessons cover topics in math and science including making clouds, recreating the water cycle, and making a tornado. There is also a list of weather resources for more information.
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Handout
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
The climate where you live is called regional climate. Global climate is a description of the climate of a planet as a whole, with all the regional differences averaged. Includes links to additional resources on climate and climate change.
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Article
NOAA

Noaa: Weather Systems and Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine our weather if Earth were completely motionless, had a flat dry landscape and an un-tilted axis. This, of course, is not the case; if it were, the weather would be much different. The local weather that impacts our daily lives...
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Unit Plan
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Climate and Weather Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
This online lecture covers topics of air pressure, density and temperature.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Temperature of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How different temperature gradients separate the atmosphere into distinct layers.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Atmospheric Circulation on Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how atmospheric circulation cells affect the climate of regions.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Altitude and Mountains on Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Studies the effects of altitude and mountain ranges on weather and climate.