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What's the Weather Like?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this online/interactive worksheet about the weather worksheet, students listen to information about weather pictures, determine the weather being described, watch a YouTube weather forecast before choosing multiple choice...
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Be a Weather Newscaster

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders, in groups, create and videotape a news broadcast. Each group researches, develops and writes a weather forecast, a commentary on an environmental concern, a school activity and a commercial.
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Forecast Fever

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate what high-tech tools are used to gather weather data and make weather forecasts. They view a video and a PowerPoint presentation, and conduct research on a cloud chart website. Students make local weather...
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Heat Waves

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore weather patterns by conducting an experiment in class. In this heatwaves lesson plan, students identify how weather raises to an unhealthy degree and the effect it can have on people and their environment. Students...
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Atmosphere

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Earth's atmosphere is full of different energies, from thermal to wind to electromagnetic radiation. Through the presentation, class members discover these energies and how they determine weather patterns.
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Weather Walks

For Teachers K
Students study weather by taking walks in various types weather conditions.
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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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Forecasting Weather

For Students 7th - 8th
In this weather worksheet, students conduct an experiment where they record the weather observations for a week. Then they determine the air pressure using an aneroid barometer and estimate the amount of sky covered by clouds. Students...
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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 It's Right or Not

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore weather forecasting. For a week, 5th graders observe weekly weather forcasts on different television channels. They predict which station is more accurate with their predictions. Students record and chart...
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Using the Synoptic Code for the Prediction of Weather

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students interpret the synoptic code. They construct a thermoscreen with an anemometer. Students identify different types of clouds and understand and read barometric pressure. Students predict weather pattern as they apply to fronts.
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Changing Weather: Comparing Climate from Voyageur Times to Today

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare climates. In this weather lesson, 5th graders observe and record weather observations and discuss the impact of weather on people. Students also discuss the concept of global warming and determine how weather...
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Utah Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore Earth science by researching weather patterns on the Internet. In this Utah climate lesson, 4th graders discuss why each climate on our planet is exposed to different weather settings and how they are measured....
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Weather Versus Climate

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research on the internet to understand the difference between weather and climate. In this weather versus climate lesson plan, students research the internet, read a climate zone map, look into the climate zones, and present...
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Reading a Local and National Weather Map

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate weather maps. In this weather lesson, students discover the meaning of different weather icons and symbols. Working independently, students use the local forecast to correctly label a state map.
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Comparing Forecasts To Today's Weather

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore weather forecasts. They compare a weather forecast from the paper with the actual weather. Students discuss ways forecasts assist in determining outdoor activities. Using Kidspiration software, 1st graders create a...
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Weather Prediction

For Students 9th - 12th
In this weather worksheet, learners review vocabulary words and concepts associated with predicting the weather. Students understand what a meteorologist studies. This worksheet has 7 matching, 10 fill in the blank, and 5 short answer...
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Where Is That Place?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students determine the difference between a country, state, and a city while recording the weather conditions for their school in Nebraska. They examine weather for another school in the state while practicing using weather equipment to...
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Good News - We're on the Rise!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students build and observe a simple aneroid barometer to discover changes in barometric pressure and weather forecasting. They graph changes in barometric pressure for two weeks and make weather predictions.
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Global Weather Patterns and Disease

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students conduct research projects to determine the effects of climatic changes on the spread of infectious diseases throughout regions. After conducting their Internet research, students develop mini-presentations on their given disease...
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Is Portland, Oregon Experiencing Global Warming?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students use data to determine if the climate in Portland has changed over the years.  In this weather lesson students complete line graphs and study long wave radiation. 
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Weather Lessons: Explore the Possibilities

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Looking to the sky isn't just for day dreamers.The weather is a fascinating way to explore science and history.
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Weather Watchers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students engage in this weather predicting lesson. They discover instrumentation used in the meteorological science. With this knowledge, they will create their own "low-tech" versions of weather instrumentation such as thermometers,...
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Weather Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use yearly averages over a five-year period to understand weather trends for a specific area.