Curated OER
Weather Observation Journal
Students research weather patterns. For this weather lesson, students read Chester Noongwook's Rules of Weather Observation and keep a weather journal for one month. Students observe the weather patterns throughout the month.
Curated OER
Creating Weather Journals
Students create weather journals. In this weather science lesson, students use digital cameras to record the daily weather and write a paragraph in a weather journal.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects:collecting Weather Data and Keeping a Weather Log
Over a period of two weeks students will use their class-made instruments to measure and record weather data. Students will also compare their data to online weather data. The final activity involves analyzing the collected data to look...
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: Keep Your Own Weather Journal
This site, which is provided for by the Franklin Institute Online, gives a format for keeping a weather journal.
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.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Make Your Own Weather Station
This page, provided by the Franklin Institute, shows you how to become an amateur meteorologist. Directions on how to construct a weather station include the barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane, and compass.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Weather
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive and printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is weather.