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Reading Weather Maps

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders the symbols that are used on weather maps. They develop five day forecasts based on information they gather from weather maps in the newspaper and on the Internet.
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An Iñupiat Weather Report

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students communicate in the Inupiat language using weather related vocabulary, numbers, and days of the week. They prepare a weather forecast and present it as if they were on a television news program. The forecast must be entirely...
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Clouds and the Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze the relationship of clouds and local weather. Students also observe and record cloud data and weather conditions daily as they research different cloud types. The data is analyzed looking for trends in daily...
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Weather or Not (Cloud Formation/Condensation)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars investigate the formation of clouds and rain in this experiment. They decide how dust in the air helps to make clouds form and how dust helps meteorologists make forecasts.
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Oceanic Heat Budget Activities

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students map and research imaginary islands located in different parts of the world. They describe the weather and climate of their island and show how local currents, water temperatures and waves may influence the weather patterns.
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Weather Forecasting Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study weather concepts, mapping, characteristics in this series of lessons.
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Create Your Own Cloud

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore and analyze weather conditions, climates, compositions and characteristics of the atmosphere and weather patterns. They explain in detail the water cycle and its relationship to weather patterns. A lab experiment is...
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Weather Folklore

For Students 7th - 10th
In this weather instructional activity, students decode the given "weather lore" using the code provided. Students must decode 7 different statements.
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Observing Weather Chart

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this weather worksheet, students are given a chart to complete when observing the weather. Included is the date, the temperature, the pressure, the humidity, the wind speed and direction, the visibility, the cloud type and cover, the...
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Forecasting Weather

For Students 6th - 8th
In this weather worksheet, students use a weather map to determine which station has the lowest and highest pressure. Then they describe the various types of fronts that can come through a location. Students also explain the difference...
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Weather & Climate; Knowledge Quiz

For Students 5th - 7th
For this weather and climate quiz worksheet, learners complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering a variety of concepts related to climate and weather.
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Weather Facts Internet Hunt

For Students 5th - 10th
In this weather worksheet, learners click on the links in the questions about weather to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 17 questions total.
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Temperature and Tracking Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss, describe and track weather by utilizing a variety of measurable quantities as temperature, wind speed, wind direction, cloud conditions and precipitation. They assess, through experiments and practicing, how to...
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Weather Wise

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate weather and how to forecast it. They discuss the three types of clouds and the kind of weather they bring. After setting up a database, they reearch weather-related websites to check cloud conditions and weather...
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Clouds: an Internet Based Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students watch a teacher demonstration of cloud formation. They research cloud formation on the Internet to write reports that summarize the process of cloud formation.
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Weather Watchers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders report on the weather. In this weather watcher lesson, 6th graders chart weather patterns in their community over the course of 4 weeks.
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Let's Forecast the Weather!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study meteorology and weather forecasting. They set up a weather forecaster area in their classroom using a large classroom map, a pointer stick, a microphone connected to an amplifier, a play suit jacket or lab coat, and a...
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Advanced Matching--Weather

For Students 3rd - 5th
Here's a simple matching worksheet to help ELL learners practice weather related vocabulary words. Learners match the weather vocabulary word on the right with the correct definition on the left.
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Sunlight and Warm Air

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the different ways heat can be felt.  In this radiation and conduction lesson, students recognize that the sun radiates heat. Students conduct three experiments to find how the sun warms the Earth and how that heat...
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Weather Watchers - Interdisciplinary

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate weather and climate through a variety of interdisciplinary activities.
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Introduction to Severe Weather Patterns

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners review basic weather concepts and terminology, and explore weather modeling tools.
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What is Weather?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this weather instructional activity, middle schoolers photograph and record the weather conditions for a week. Then they list the types of clouds observed and the weather conditions they noted associated with each cloud type. Students...
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Fact Or Fiction

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students demonstrate their ability to distinguish between fact and fiction. Students identify the features of weather-related adages and proverbs. After reviewing several weather adages, students explain whether they are based in fact.
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Measuring Wind Speed

For Teachers K - 5th
Students study wind speed and collect wind speed data. In this wind speed lesson, students visit a website to learn about the local wind speed forecast for their week. Students discuss wind and wind speed. Students collect wind speed...