Read Works
Read Works: Weather : An Introduction to Weather
[Free Registration/Login Required] Requires free membership.T his passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...
Read Works
Read Works: Tornado Scientists
[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.
Science Struck
Science Struck: A List of All Weather Symbols and Their Meanings
Provides a comprehensive list of weather symbols used on weather maps.
University of Oregon
Uo: Cannon Simulator: Experimental Instructions
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...
University of Wisconsin
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Surface Weather Analysis
Explains the use of synoptic weather analysis in preparing weather maps and forecasting. Discusses the use of symbols as well.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: Make Your Own Weather Vane
As part of a unit on gathering data about the weather, this lesson features instructions for making a simple weather vane.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Solar Powered Surface Automated Measurement (Sam) Site
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....