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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Positive Weather Reports

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reviewing local weather reports, students will think about whether the presentation of the reports is driving folks to not participate in outdoor activities. The class will create new weather reports that will turn negative weather...
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Dan Satterfield

Wild Weather: Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page

For Students 3rd - 8th
A site to find out anything you want to know about weather, including clouds, tornadoes, satellites, radar, wind, climate, and more. Suitable for all ages. Also includes games, quizzes, and teacher resources.
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California Regional Weather Server: Jet Stream Analyses and Forecasts

For Students 9th - 10th
California Regional Weather Service provides the latest jet stream analyses and forecasts for the Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Pacific & Western North America, North America, North Atlantic, and the Southern Hemisphere.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: I Can Forecast the Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The students will study and be able to tell the difference between cumulus, cirrus, and stratus clouds. As they tell the difference they will be able to tell what the weather will be like.
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Other

Weather Radar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has information about weather radar and the types of information which can be retrieved from Doppler radar. Consists of a three-part student activity; easily adaptable to any student project.
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Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Forecasting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about the art and science of forecasting at this site from Dan's Wild Weather Page.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Make Your Own Weather Station

For Students 9th - 10th
This page, provided by the Franklin Institute, shows you how to become an amateur meteorologist. Directions on how to construct a weather station include the barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane, and compass.
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Accu weather.com: Precipitation Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site of precipitation maps for the entire U.S., regions of the U.S., individual states, and areas around the world. Includes maps showing predicted precipitation, actual precipitation, and accumulated precipitation. It...
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Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Hurricanes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to find out about hurricanes and how to track them.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Sinking Water: Glaciers, Ocean Currents and Weather Patterns

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson where students learn how warm water is less dense than cold water, and what this means for global climate change as ice from the polar regions melts. Students will do experiments in buoyancy and water density when hot or cold,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Make Your Own Psychrometer

For Students 3rd - 8th
From the name, you might guess that a psychrometer is an instrument designed to measure your thoughts. Actually, it is an instrument that can help you forecast the weather. Read more to find out how it works.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 4 18 16: Measuring Raindrops From Space

For Students 5th - 8th
Article reports on why measuring the size of raindrops from space may help improve weather predictions. Includes video.
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NASA

Nasa: Using Radiosonde Data From a Weather Balloon Launch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan allows students to learn about the layers of the atmosphere and to learn how to graph real atmospheric data.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Weather Tools of the Trade

For Teachers 4th
Learn all about the basic meteorological instruments.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Weather

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive and printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is weather.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Predictable!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students follow weather forecasts to gauge their accuracy and produce a weather report for the class. They develop skills of observation, recording and reporting.
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Weather.com (En Espanol)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Spanish version of "The Weather Channel" is very complete. Simply put in the name of any city in the world and get that city's forecast, in Spanish, for the next few days. Other links make this site very complete.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Classroom Phenology: The Environment a Source of Data and Observations

For Teachers 1st - 5th
A unit where students record daily temperatures, precipitation amounts, observations of weather patterns, shadow length of a set object, and other observations. In addition, they will complete a season-long weekly observation of a...
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Gpb Blogs: Students Ask: How Do Meteorologists Predict the Weather?

For Students 9th - 10th
Today's post is a continuation of my communication with Ms. Jordan's 6th Grade Science Class at South Central Middle School! South Central MS is located in Emerson, Georgia, in Bartow County. They are very curious to know how...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Weather Forecasting and Meteorology

For Students 1st - 9th
On this website, students can learn about weather forcasting and meteorology including cold and warm fronts, high and low pressure systems, fun facts, and technology.
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National Weather Service

Noaa: National Weather Service: Massachusetts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes weather summaries, hourly weather reports, zone forecasts, weather watches, warnings and advisories etc.
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USA Today

Usa Today: Understanding Clouds and Fog

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different kinds of clouds, their location in the sky, how they form, their influence on the weather, and unusual cloud shapes.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Dry Spells, Wet Spells: How Common Are They?

For Students 6th - 8th
Here's a project that looks at what the weather was like for over a hundred years. The goal of the project is to compare long-term precipitation patterns in different regions of the country. You will work with historical climate data,...
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BBC

Bbc Weather: Algiers, Algeria

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the climate of Algiers, Algeria from this BBC Weather site where you will read about the climate regions, temperature variations, precipitation, and sunshine amounts. There is also a current 5-day forecast for Algiers.

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