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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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PBS

Pbs: Rough Science: Weather Station

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS asks users to imagine that they are in the tropics and need to get a reliable weather forecast. It provides instructions on how to build a wind vane, construct a compass, make a barometer and find the dew point.
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Climate Literacy

Clean: Mauna Loa Co2 Collection Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This data-intensive activity uses real world datasets to cover topics such as weather v. climate, air circulation around the globe, seasonal effects, and climate change.
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Other

Pete's Potpourri: Numerical Weather Prediction in Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses weather forecast computer modeling, or numerical weather prediction (NWP). It also discusses the development of the concept of front and air masses, as well as which computer forecast models are currently being used...
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Other

Internet Geography: Weather and Climate, Rain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site defines precipitation, and uses diagrams to tell about relief, convectional, and frontal rainfall.
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Other

Internet Geography: Geo Topics: Weather and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores air pressure and talks about high pressure. low pressure, and winter anticyclones.
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Other

Internet Geography: Weather and Climate, Tropical Storms

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of tropical storms and links to several case studies. This site includes information, such as how tropical storms are named, how they occur, and how they are structured.
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Other

Real Audio en Espanol

For Students 9th - 10th
A link to all the hispanic countries with their radio and TV stations available through RealAudio. With luck you may find a weather broadcast live on a station you're listening to. Interesting either way!
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Kites as Education: Wind Origins

For Students 9th - 10th
This "kite science" site offers information on wind and the atmospheric conditions that cause it. From "Principles of Aeronautics."
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Other

Idndr: The Tsunami Page

For Students 9th - 10th
An international site dealing with natural disasters, crisis management, prevention & reduction. The INDR (International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction) Office is the sponsor. Timely, specific information included.
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Other

Cod/ Thunderstorms

For Students 9th - 10th
You can link to single cell, multi-cell, and super cell thunderstorm pictures. Learn about the three stages of thunderstorms.
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Other

University of East Anglia: Climatic Research Unit

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site from a university page of the University of East Anglia that is focused on climatic research. It offers links to information sheets, research areas, publications, and other climate links. Each of the information sheets...
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Other

Scotland.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic facts and travel information about Scotland. Information is available about business, community, travel, culture, news, sports, and shopping.
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World Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what the climate is like in thousands of places all over the world. You'll not only get the climate, but the latitude and longitude as well!
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U.s. Search and Rescue Task Force: Predicting Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on what weather is to begin with, then progresses to how scientists can predict the weather. Common ways to predict weather are also included such as use of a barometer and rain gauge.
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Other

Cwec: Setting Up a Weather Station (Mini Unit) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the weather and set up their own weather station in this mini-unit.
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Other

Weatherscapes: Lightning

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains an in-depth document on the formation of thunderstorms and lightning. You can link to photos of lightning.
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Hurricane Zone

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is dedicated to the latest information on tropical storms.
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Other

Pitsford Hall Weather Station

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the work of the Pitsford Hall Weather Station.
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Other

Rutgers Marine & Coastal Sciences: Cool Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
Students and teachers can explore the work of marine scientists and observe the ocean from their computers. Learn about Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory, discover why oceanography is important, and see what life is like in...
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Radley College Geography Department: Latest Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Many weather maps including world satellite images, jet streams, tropical storm trackers, temperatures and many more.
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Innovate Us: What Is Climate?

For Students 9th - 10th
Climate is the first factor that is considered before visiting a particular destination for your holidays. We all know that climates all over the world are largely different from each other. The specific climate of a region is mainly...
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Other

Weather Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
Source of information on the subject of weather photography. There are great links, images and tips on equipment to use. For the intermediate to advanced photographer.
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Other

Science Oxford Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Make connections between science, enterprise, and society here in this collection of articles and current science topics in the news. Find out how science makes connections with the daily life of human beings.