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Northern Michigan University: Cumulus Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th
This brief site provides a connection between cumulus clouds and upcoming weather, explains why these clouds are white and puffy, and describes how these clouds are formed.
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Northern Michigan University: Stratus Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th
This succinct site draws a connection between stratus clouds and types of weather. It also explains how these types of clouds are formed.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Tracking and Predicting the Weather

For Teachers K - 1st
Students track barometric pressure, wind direction, temperature, and clouds. The class records daily readings in these for areas and attempt to formulate patterns to use in forecasting the weather based on these elements.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Weather Front

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia site tells all about weather fronts, or boundaries between two air masses with differing characteristics. Includes many hyperlinked terms to additional information on related subjects.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Weather Study for Kindergarten

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a science unit on weather. Students use the board to answer questions, move objects, and chart observations. An Activote is included for summative assessment.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Weather Glossary and Terms

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore the concepts of climate, cloud, front, dew, fog, humidity, isobar, supercell, and thunderstorm on this site.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: National Center for Atmospheric Research: Severe Weather Storms [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Teachers and/or students are given four scientific experiments related to severe weather. Included are making clouds, homemade lightening, tornado in a bottle, and dissecting hailstones. Dramatic photos of severe weather conditions are...
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Groundhog Day 2010 [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Designed for Grades K-8, this teaching guide is chock-full of ideas for celebrating Groundhog Day, with activities like making shadow puppets, examining weather lore and studying cloud formations.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Clouds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart shows and defines different types of clouds.
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Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Precipitation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about what causes precipitation and perform activities that teaches how precipitation forms.
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Tramline

Tramline: Tornado Field Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this virtual field trip students learn about the formation of tornadoes. Students also visit websites where they can research various types of information about tornadoes.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Severe Storms

For Students 9th - 10th
This site talks about severe storms. Topics include the dangers of thunderstorms, types of thunderstorms, components of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and modeling.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: What Is Weather?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Rain and dull clouds, windy blue skies, cold snow, and sticky heat? This site helps students learn more about weather and what causes it to change.
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Boatsafe.com: How to Be a Storm Spotter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
How can you learn to be a storm spotter? This site highlights information on the different types of clouds found in the different types of weather. View the photos of the various clouds. Scroll down to a summary of the information you...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animated resource teaches young researchers about the different forms of precipitation.
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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Changing Global Cloudiness

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what clouds are made of and how they form. Read reports from several different cloud observations and how the clouds effect climate.
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Read Works

Read Works: Weather the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the water cycle. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Extreme Science

Extreme Science: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
Funnel clouds have been around for a long time. Check out the story of tornadoes and find out more about an outbreak of tornadoes in April of 1974.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
A dark funnel of cloud extends below a storm. If it reaches the ground, it's a tornado.
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Wonders in Weather: Stratus Clouds

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides a brief explanation of stratus clouds supplemented with pictures. Links are provided to other cloud topics.
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Wonders in Weather: Cirrus Clouds

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides a to the point definition of cirrus clouds supplemented with a picture.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Mountain Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
High in the mountains a photographer takes a spectacular image of mountain clouds at what seems like the top of the world.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Rolling Thunder Cloud

For Students 9th - 10th
This unbelievable photo shows an imposing rolling thunder cloud making its way over a city in the Netherlands. It dumps large amounts of water in the process and unleashes spectacular displays of thunder and lightning.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Turbulent Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
This image shows dark, turbulent clouds swirling dramatically during a heavy storm.

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