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Noaa: Jet Stream: Tropical Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Weather Service presents this information-rich site on tropical weather. Learn about the inter-tropical convergent zone, El Nino, and tropical cyclones. Review questions are included.
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Noaa: Jetstream: Appendix

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Weather Service presents this site of supplemental weather information. Materials include a glossary, acronyms, quizzes, lesson plans, and downloadable posters, booklets, weather wheels, etc.
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Jet Stream: Jet Stream Learning Lessons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here's a comprehensive list of lesson plans offered by the National Weather Service covering the gamut of weather topics from the atmosphere to synoptic meterology. The plans include objectives, supplies necessary for the lesson, teacher...
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: The Ocean

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather presents a complete guide to the ocean and its effect on our weather such as El Nino, hurricanes, floods, and droughts. Explores layers of the ocean, sea water, waves, tides, rip currents, and more. A review...
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather presents much information about clouds. Discover how they form, the different types, their colors, and more. A review quiz and lesson plans are included for further enhancement of the topic.
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: The Upper Air

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather provides a complete guide to the "upper air". Here you can learn all about the earth's atmosphere above 5000 feet and the different types of weather conditions that come from this upper atmosphere. A review quiz...
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Thunderstorms

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather presents an abundance of information about thunderstorms. Discover how they form, the different types, their hazards, and what to do if there is a risk for severe weather. A review quiz and lesson plans are...
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Derechos

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather offers a complete guide to learning about derechos, windstorms associated with thunderstorms. Explore how they are produced, bow echoes, types of derechos, where and when they happen, and how to keep safe. A...
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Tsunamis

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather presents an abundance of information about tsunamis. Explore how they form, where they occur, how to prepare for one, and how to survive one. A review quiz and lesson plans are included for further enhancement...
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Doppler Radar

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather presents a complete guide to learning about Doppler radar. Explore how it works, how it is used on the Web, radar images, and more. A review quiz and lesson plans are included for further enhancement of the topic.
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Noaa: Follow That Hurricane [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Utilize data from historical hurricanes and a map of areas around the Atlantic Ocean to plot the paths of these potentially devastating storms.
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Noaa: The Ocean's Role in Weather and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources - interactive activities and teacher tutorials - on the impact the ocean has on weather and climate.
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Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Score One for the Estuaries

For Students 6th - 8th
Invasive plants and animals can damage the estuary. Students learn about invasive plants and get hands-on experience getting rid of them, plus they get tips on other ways to restore and protect our important estuaries.
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Noaa: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: What Is El Nino?

For Students 9th - 10th
This page tells you what El Nino is, provides links to animations and videos on El Nino, explains how to recognize El Nino, and discusses the history of significant El Nino events.
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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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Noaa: North West Fisheries Science Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This home page provides access to information about research and conservation efforts to protect and preserve living marine resources.
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Noaa: Estuaries: Noaa: Science Data: Graphing

For Students 9th - 10th
Create graphs of marine ecosystems using real-time data.
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Noaa: Nccos: Exploring New Ways to Communicate Scientific Results

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the many types of media technology that scientists have available today to communicate the results of their research. These include social media tools, educational web pages, videos, virtual worlds, and podcasts. Many examples...
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Noaa: Environmental Restoration

For Students 9th - 10th
Your questions answered about environmental restoration after chemical accidents. A large section is dedicated to oil spills and how they contaminate the earth. Great information.
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Noaa: Office of Response and Restoration

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are tools and information for emergency responders and planners, and others working to understand,.the effects of oil and hazardous materials in our waters and along our coasts. Links to oil/chemical spill information and photos....
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Noaa: Nssl: Questions and Answers About Lightning

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the causes of lightning, the strikes of lightning, the flashes, safety, and damage. Great place to have your questions about lightning answered.
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Noaa: Cmdl: Ozone and Water Vapor Group

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ozone and Water Vapor Group conducts research on the nature and causes of the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer and the role of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone and water vapor in forcing climate change.
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Noaa: Our Restless Tides

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an excellent explanation of the nature of tides and how they are formed. The one shortcoming is the use of the fictional "centrifugal force", but this is commonly misused in literature.
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Noaa: Estuaries: Noaa: Teachers: Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This resource provides a middle school curriculum on the topic of estuaries. Includes a PDF (requires Adobe Reader).