Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Weather and Climate Data Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the relationship between weather and climate by graphing weather temperature data and comparing with climate averages.
Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Weather Scope: An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The activities in this comprehensive weather unit are designed for Grade 6 and up. Students will use real time data from around the world to conduct an investigation about weather and climate.
Website
NOAA

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.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Weather and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn how factors such as ocean currents, topography, and air currents affect weather patterns. You will also learn the similarities and differences between weather and climate.
Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Investigating Weather and Climate With Google Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will investigate the change in global temperature by analyzing data on Google Earth for 13 different cities. Students will then interpret the climate patterns for those cities to make conclusion about the...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Weather and Climate in Your Neighborhood

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you live in an area where the weather changes a lot from season to season throughout the year? Or do you live in a place where the weather stays pretty much the same all year long? How dynamic is the weather, and how does it compare...
Article
NASA

Sci Jinks: What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Weather and climate may be lumped together when meteorologists talk about them, but they are two different things. This brief article identifies how to differentiate the two.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Are the World's Weather and Climate Changing?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What's going on with our weather? Learn about it in this lesson plan that examines the climate and weather patterns in the world today. It has a weather quiz and guidelines that help the students understand weather changes occurring...
Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather Scope: A Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with learners around the world.
Unit Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Clouds, Weather, and Climate Teaching Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Teaching Box combines hands-on activities, data analysis, and discussion that help high school students consider how weather can affect cloud types and how cloud types can affect climate.
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Weather and Climate Graphing It!

For Students 9th - 10th
Explores the difference between weather and climate and how they are measured. Students will complete activities and construct a climate graph from raw data. They will also learn about the physical structure of the rainforest, its...
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of weather and climate, and the difference between them.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit, students learn the basics about weather and the atmosphere. They investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and the choices available to us for clothing to counteract the effects of weather. Students have...
Unit Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Climate and Weather

For Students 6th - 8th
Eight hands-on lessons module in which students explore climate and weather. Inquiry-based investigations include observing weather, weather reporting, weather maps, weather satellites, causes of weather, and climate change.
Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Weather vs. Climate

For Students 5th - 7th
A tutorial that investigates the differences between weather versus climate. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
Article
Thinkport Education

Made Clear: Weather and Climate: Are They Different?

For Students 9th - 10th
FInd out the difference between climate and weather.
Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather and Climate: Water Cycle

For Students 2nd - 8th
Water water everywhere. Check out this video clip and test understanding about the cycle of water from the earth to the atmosphere.
Article
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: The Difference Between Weather and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the scientific differences between weather and climate.
Handout
National Snow and Ice Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center: Factors Affecting Arctic Weather and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the factors that affect the Arctic's weather and climate: latitude, land/sea distribution, solar radiation, air temperature, air pressure, winds, humidity, clouds, and precipitation.
Website
NOAA

Noaa: Etl: Regional Weather and Climate Applications Branch

For Students 9th - 10th
This page explains how meteorologists of the NOAA study weather and climate.
Unit Plan
Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture (Samoa) Government

Mesc: Samoa School Net: Samoa Weather: Weather and Water Cycle

For Students 4th - 6th
This lesson explains how the water cycle works in the country of Samoa, which is surrounded by ocean. We learn how this affects weather and climate.
Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Visualizing Weather and Climate

For Students 3rd - 8th
With visualizations, we can see the entire planet from all angles at once. We can see the invisible - such as water vapor in the atmosphere and the way air flows around the world.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Altitude and Mountains on Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Studies the effects of altitude and mountain ranges on weather and climate.
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Ohio State University

Osu: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle: The Sun: Earth's Primary Energy Source

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive article that discusses the first principle of climate science, i.e., that the Sun is the primary energy source for the climate system of the Earth. Presents five concepts for this principle and explains each, providing...