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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Concerns About Earth's Fever

For Students 9th - 10th
Burning fossil fuels is causing the planet to heat up, causing weather patterns to change, sea levels to rise and diseases to spread. Scientists are concerned with the rising temps of Earth.
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Curated OER

Scholastic: Weather Watch

For Students 3rd - 8th
Scholastic presents Weather Watch, where you can learn to predict the weather. Learn how to observe clouds, collect data with weather tools, investigate climate conditions, and analyze the weather. The site includes a comprehensive...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Distorted Disturbances

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students pass around and distort messages written on index cards to learn how we use signals from GPS occultations to study the atmosphere. The cards represent information sent from GPS satellites being distorted as they pass through...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science

For Students 3rd
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to third-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.
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Other

Live Science: What Is a Jet Stream?

For Students 6th - 8th
Jet streams are like rivers of wind high above in the atmosphere. These slim strips of strong winds have a huge influence on climate, as they can push air masses around and affect weather patterns.
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NOAA

Noaa: Pmel: El Nino Theme Page

For Students 3rd - 8th
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors this El Nino and La Nina resource site that features current and historic information about these weather systems with diagrams.
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PBS

Pbs: El Nino

For Students 9th - 10th
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Hands on Meteorology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of interactive concept models and active learning materials for teaching meteorology that illustrate conceptually difficult processes in atmospheric science. Active learning exercises are provided as guided instruction to...
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National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Feeling the Heat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students learn about the urban heat island effect by investigating which areas of their schoolyard have higher temperatures. Then they analyze data about how the number of heat waves in an urban area has increased over...

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