NASA
Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day:collision at Jupiter
What happens when a snowball hits a huge ball of gas? When Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 hit Jupiter, it was swallowed up in the atmosphere, leaving huge temporary impact scars. Here is an image that shows the large dark marks and how they...
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Seymour Tornado, Photo #2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado in Seymour, Texas highlighting its motion and cloud development.
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Luminous Blue Variable
In examining the "Luminous Blue Variable" this site seeks to determine if the blue variable is "Destined To Be a Supernova." An image (or chart) is provided along with a brief description of the details of the picture.
Curated OER
Web Weather for Kids: Clouds
How well do you know your cloud types? This activity will test your ability to classify clouds as you match cloud pictures to their names.
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Web Weather for Kids: Clouds
How well do you know your cloud types? This activity will test your ability to classify clouds as you match cloud pictures to their names.
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Web Weather for Kids: Clouds
How well do you know your cloud types? This activity will test your ability to classify clouds as you match cloud pictures to their names.
Curated OER
Web Weather for Kids: Clouds
How well do you know your cloud types? This activity will test your ability to classify clouds as you match cloud pictures to their names.
Curated OER
Web Weather for Kids: Clouds
How well do you know your cloud types? This activity will test your ability to classify clouds as you match cloud pictures to their names.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
This site has information about the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima. Pictures of Hiroshima after the bomb and the mushroom cloud are included.
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...
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Lightning Photo 2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. Utilizing time-lapse photography, this photograph captures multiple cloud-to-ground lightning strokes during a nighttime...
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Lightning Photo 4
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. Using time-lapse photography, this image captures numerous cloud-to-ground lightning strokes during a nighttime thunderstorm in...
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Lightning Photo 3
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. Utilizing time-lapse photography, this image captures numerous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes during a nighttime thunderstorm...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Creating the Solar System
This two-part lesson begins with a lecture which describes the complex process of creation from molecular cloud to planetesimals to planets to organized solar system. The lecture is followed up with a draw/write activity in which the...
Room Recess
Room recess.com: Cloudy Day Word Play
Match the picture to the cloud that contains the correct word. Choose to play with short vowel words, long vowel words, or a combination of both.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Sunshine
A spectacular photo of the sun trying to fight its way through some thick cloud at the end of a day full of sunshine and good weather. The suns rays are visible around the edges of the cloud as it manages to sneak its way through and...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Mt Aconcagua, Argentina
Mt Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the world outside of Asia. Located in Argentina, South America, it reaches an impressive height of 6962 metres (22841 feet). This photo shows the beautiful mountain peak reaching through the...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Beach
A beautiful day at a beach is highlighted by the suns rays which pierce the clouds and gently illuminate the water as the small waves gently ripple on the shore.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Coastline
A photo looking out along the coastline where the waves gently roll over the sand and rocks. Cliffs wrap around the water while a few clouds hang above, lurking on an otherwise pleasant day.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Lake
Looking out over the pebbles and rocks onto the flat surface of a lake. The calm conditions are helped by minimal wind and cloud cover.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Mountains
This photo shows a series of mountains which reach high into the air, piercing the base of the clouds and hiding their highest peak.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Sunset
This photo shows a glorious sunset at the waters edge of a beautiful beach. The sun is fast dropping behind the clouds and beyond the horizon.
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Science Kids: Science Images: The Earth
Looking at the planet earth from space. The continent of Africa is visible behind the cloud cover as well as a large quantity of water in the blue oceans that make up a majority of the globes surface.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Overhead Powerlines
This photo looks up at the imposing structure of high voltage overhead powerlines. These structures are common all over the world as they have the important job of holding up the huge lengths of powerlines that carry electricity from the...