National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Our Solar System
Our solar system is filled with a wide assortment of celestial bodies - the Sun itself, our eight planets, dwarf planets, and asteroids - and on Earth, life itself! The inner solar system is occasionally visited by comets that loop in...
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Buzzle.com: Univer Savvy: How Was the Solar System Formed? A Beginner's Guide
Describes the solar system and explains theories that scientists have put forward about its formation and what may happen in the future. As we learn more and more about space, theories are challenged and scientists develop new ideas...
Extreme Science
Extreme Science
Explore the science behind the "extremes" in our world. Organized into sections on earth science, the animal kingdom, technology, and space science, this site opens your eyes to giant creatures, amazing technological advances, vast...
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Martian Weather
Listen to an illustrated discussion of the major differences between Earth and Mars. Learn more detailed information about the atmospheric conditions which drive the Martian weather. [4:34]
Curated OER
Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Causes the Sound of Thunder: Thunderhead
Thunderhead cloud formation.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Frontal Depressions
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart showing the separate stages of a frontal depression with reference to the weather charts that plot them, diagrams of the air masses that are moved around in them, and also of the cloud...
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Hail
Read a paragraph about the formation of hail.
Curated OER
Ganges River Delta.
A really cool site showing Satellite (Landsat 7) images of unique geographical and meteorological phenomena. Images show cloud formations to rainforest devastation.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Lightning Photo 2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. Utilizing time-lapse photography, this photograph captures multiple cloud-to-ground lightning strokes during a nighttime...
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Noaa: Photo Library: Lightning Photo 4
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. Using time-lapse photography, this image captures numerous cloud-to-ground lightning strokes during a nighttime thunderstorm in...
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Noaa: Photo Library: Lightning Photo 3
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. Utilizing time-lapse photography, this image captures numerous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes during a nighttime thunderstorm...
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Lightning Photo 5
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. Originally appearing in National Geographic Magazine, this photograph captures a lightning strike above Norman, Oklahoma.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Lightning Photo 6
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph captures several lightning strikes during an early evening thunderstorm.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Seymour Tornado, Photo #2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado in Seymour, Texas highlighting its motion and cloud development.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Lightning Photo 1
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of several strokes of lightning striking during a nighttime thunderstorm.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Was the Earth Created
This resource gives a detailed explanation of the stages that the Earth and the solar system went through beginning with their origins in the Big Bang up to the present time.
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Planetary Science Institute: Building Planets at Psi
An article about the Planetary Science Institutes's advanced computer software, which it uses to model the way the solar system may have formed. Includes some insights into the results already obtained.
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