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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Lesson: Weather and Wind

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here's an engaging activity to incorporate dance into your science lessons on weather! Students study wind, and various weather patterns, then create their own dance to illustrate what they have learned. Provides links to more...
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Weather Channel

For Students 9th - 10th
The Weather Channel website not only contains the weather at any place in the United States but also around the globe. Find photos, videos, weather outlook for different activities and travel, and weather news.
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PBS

Pbs: Are the World's Weather and Climate Changing?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What's going on with our weather? Learn about it in this lesson plan that examines the climate and weather patterns in the world today. It has a weather quiz and guidelines that help the students understand weather changes occurring...
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BBC

Bbc Weather: Glasgow, Scotland

For Students 9th - 10th
Scottish weather updated automatically plus a weather forecast.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Forecast a Hurricane

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to forecast a hurricane. Choose a high/low combination and see where the hurricane will go.
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NOAA

Noaa: Weather and Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
The collections in this thematic area provide educational resources that introduce concepts of weather and atmosphere. It provides activities and data for exploring weather and atmospheric sciences, and link to emerging research on these...
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NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Oregon

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes weather summaries, hourly weather reports, zone forecasts, weather watches, warnings and advisories etc.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Predicting the Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a good way to get yourself on TV. This science fair project will help you learn how to predict the weather. So who knows, maybe you'll be more accurate than your local meteorologist.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Weather: Forecasting: Gathering Weather Data

For Students 2nd - 8th
Identify tools and their functions that help meteorologists study the weather.
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USA Today

Usa Today Weather: Understanding Forecasting

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides basic principles to help understand weather forecasting. It also gives links to sites with related topics.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: What Forces Affect Our Weather?

For Students 9th - 10th
A great starting point for learning about the weather and for finding help starting your own investigation of what affects the weather. Site is organized into the following sections: "The Atmosphere," "The Water Cycle," "Powerful...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Weather Maps

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site provides a lesson plan in which groups of students will each investigate a different type of weather map use for weather forecasting. Also includes discussion questions, extension ideas, and links to additional sites for more...
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USA Today

Usa Today: Understanding Weather Radar

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the basics of understanding today's weather radar and radar images. It also explains factors that influence radar images including ground clutter, beam blockage, bow echos, and virga.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Weather Lab

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find out how good your weather prediction skills are as you study the movements of air and water, and their interactions. Then predict what the spring holds for residents of different regions of the United States, and what people should...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How meteorologists create and read weather maps.
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PBS

Pbs: Rough Science: Weather Station

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS asks users to imagine that they are in the tropics and need to get a reliable weather forecast. It provides instructions on how to build a wind vane, construct a compass, make a barometer and find the dew point.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: Keep Your Own Weather Journal

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site, which is provided for by the Franklin Institute Online, gives a format for keeping a weather journal.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: A List of All Weather Symbols and Their Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a comprehensive list of weather symbols used on weather maps.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: How Can We Predict the Weather?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Join Tim on the Titanic Shipwreck to understand about weather predictions. Learn about weather forecasts and different instruments that help determine what the weather will be. Win stars for every correct answer and earn a certificate at...
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Center for Educational Technologies

Exploring the Environment: Weather Forecasting

For Students 6th - 8th
Information and resources from this site will help you to predict weather conditions in your community.
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Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from Dan's Wild Weather Page, you can find out about how satellites work in forecasting our weather and perform learning activities about satellites.
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U.s. Search and Rescue Task Force: Predicting Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on what weather is to begin with, then progresses to how scientists can predict the weather. Common ways to predict weather are also included such as use of a barometer and rain gauge.
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The Weather Company: The Weather Underground

For Students 9th - 10th
Source of weather maps, forecasts, images, and data for the world. Maps include temperature, radar, visibility, wind, heat index, wind chill, humidity, and dew point.
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European Space Agency

Esa Kids: Useful Space: Weather Studies From Space

For Students 2nd - 8th
Weather satellites aid meteorologists in studying space. The satellites provide details of weather around the world.

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