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Bright Hub: Types of Weather Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
There are a number of types of weather instruments located on the grounds of a weather station and used by meteorologists to predict the weather. These include the instruments that have been on the go for over a century with only the...
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Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: But Is It Weather?

For Students 5th - 8th
Discover the significance of studying weather as well as climate with this resource and the videos it presents from NASA.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit, students learn the basics about weather and the atmosphere. They investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and the choices available to us for clothing to counteract the effects of weather. Students have...
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Virginia Department of Education: Weather Patterns and Seasonal Changes

For Teachers K - 1st
By the end of this lesson, students will describe the weather for each season. They will also describe how the weather affects the plants, animals, and people during each season. Activities include taking a weather walk, charting daily...
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Rutgers: c.o.o.l. Class: Earth Science Project: Create an Ocean Weather Forecast

For Students 9th - 10th
Want to learn how to forecast ocean weather? This c.o.o.l. project lists each of the steps in the scientific process, and has you work through each in this earth science based project.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Christmas Island: How Do We Describe the Weather?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Join Tim on Christmas Island to understand how to gauge weather conditions. Learn all about tracking weather, finding clothing suitable for various weather conditions, which animal likes a certain type of weather, and activities for...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Backyard Weather Station

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this hands-on activity, students use their senses to describe what the weather is doing and to predict what it might do next. After gaining a basic understanding of weather patterns, students will become state park engineers and build...
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Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: Weather Forecasting

For Students 9th - 10th
The learning module helps students gain a deeper understanding of weather forecasting. Some topics explored are climate classification, making the forecast, and significance of weather. Activities are included.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Expand Weather Conditions Vocabulary

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will observe and describe weather and use weather related vocabulary in Navajo, Ute, and Spanish.
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California Regional Weather Server: Jet Stream Analyses and Forecasts

For Students 9th - 10th
California Regional Weather Service provides the latest jet stream analyses and forecasts for the Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Pacific & Western North America, North America, North Atlantic, and the Southern Hemisphere.
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science: What's the Weather Like Today? [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Weather is all around us. We can see it, feel it, touch it, hear it, and even taste it. Weather is the condition of the atmosphere with respect to temperature, humidity, wind, and other factors. Some of the many weather conditions...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Graphing the Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders take weather readings using simple weather instruments and predict the weather.
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Stanford University

The Daily Martian Weather Report

For Students 9th - 10th
Brought to you by the Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team. Photos, charts and weather reports on the Martian atmosphere. Includes an education outreach program for students and teachers.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather in Our Own Backyard

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This instructional activity is divided up into three activities, two of which take place outside. By the end of the instructional activity students will be able to describe weather conditions on a given day and some of the factors that...
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Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page: Radar

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of what radar is and how Doppler radar has come to be used in weather detection. The operation of Doppler radar is illustrated and discussed in an easy-to-understand language.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 4:2 Investigation 7 Interpreting Weather Data

For Teachers 4th
After collecting weather data, 4th graders will interpret it.
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NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Doppler Radar

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather presents a complete guide to learning about Doppler radar. Explore how it works, how it is used on the Web, radar images, and more. A review quiz and lesson plans are included for further enhancement of the topic.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Weather and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn how factors such as ocean currents, topography, and air currents affect weather patterns. You will also learn the similarities and differences between weather and climate.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What's the Weather Like?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will use the Internet to compare the weather forecast for their city with other cities throughout the United States each week during this unit. Data will be charted for a five-day period then analyzed and discussed.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Make Your Own Weather Station

For Students 9th - 10th
This page, provided by the Franklin Institute, shows you how to become an amateur meteorologist. Directions on how to construct a weather station include the barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane, and compass.
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NASA

Nasa: Using Radiosonde Data From a Weather Balloon Launch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan allows students to learn about the layers of the atmosphere and to learn how to graph real atmospheric data.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Weather

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive and printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is weather.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Predicting Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how meteorologists predict the weather.
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Curated OER

Weather Dude: Weather Forecasting

For Students 9th - 10th
Peruse this weather site and take a behind the scenes look at how meteorologists forecast the weather.

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