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Ithaca Hs Ny/electrical Generator Ac or Dc/applet

For Students 9th - 10th
What a lovely little applet! You can speed/slow it, change it from AC to DC, plot the voltage as it rotates, change direction, control other information. Real neat.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: The Air Out There

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Cooperative learning activity in which students will create a windmill and a weather vane. Students will find the direction of wind and the speed relative to the spinning windmill. Great for K-2.
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Read Works

Read Works: Tornado Scientists

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about tornadoes and the scientists who study them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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University of Oregon

Uo: Cannon Simulator: Experimental Instructions

For Students 9th - 10th
This virtual experiment is designed to let the student measure the relation between muzzle velocity (which determines projectile energy), gravitational potential and the effects of frictional drag caused by wind speed blowing opposite to...
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University of Wisconsin

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Surface Weather Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the use of synoptic weather analysis in preparing weather maps and forecasting. Discusses the use of symbols as well.
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Activity
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: Make Your Own Weather Vane

For Students 2nd - 8th
As part of a unit on gathering data about the weather, this lesson features instructions for making a simple weather vane.
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NOAA

Noaa: Photo Library: Solar Powered Surface Automated Measurement (Sam) Site

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations and the instruments that measure them. Here you can find a photograph of a solar-powered Surface Automated Measurement (SAM) site....

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