Scholastic
Scholastic: A Weather Watch Lesson for Grades Pre K 2
Learners focus on observing weather patterns and reporting what they see. They also learn about different types of clouds and how each type is related to weather conditions. The related activity is no longer available.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Weather Detectives
This is an introductory lesson plan to a second grade weather unit. The students will be observing the weather each day for one week and recording their observations in a chart. The students will be integrating information from the...
USA Today
Usatoday.com: Understanding Weather Technology
An article describing current technologies that are used to predict weather.
Other
Time and Date: Weather: Accuracy of Weather Forecasts in Time
An explanation of why forecasts for today's weather are generally more accurate than weather forecasts further ahead in the future. The different types of forecast ranges are also briefly explained.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Tornado Forecasts
Scientists study tornado history to help forecast future occurrances. This article explains methods meteorologists use to best predict when tornadoes might develop.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: What Are Weather Reports?
Find out what a typical weather reports contains, and why it is important to viewers.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Frontal Depressions
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart showing the separate stages of a frontal depression with reference to the weather charts that plot them, diagrams of the air masses that are moved around in them, and also of the cloud...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Predicting Weather Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide briefly summarizes key points about weather forecasting. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Weather Patterns
In this lesson students will be able to identify and describe how different types of storms form (hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms and thunder storms). The activity can be used on the SMART board or in SLS Online. Covert slides 6, 8,...