This site from NASA lists and defines global wind patterns. It features a graphic of these patterns and a self-test with answers.

Students will learn the difference between global, prevailing and local winds. In this activity, students will make a wind vane out of paper, a straw and a soda bottle and use it to measure wind direction over time. Finally, they will...

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Kids learn about wind including how it is formed, how it is measured, local and global winds including prevailing, westerlies, trade, and polar easterlies.

This site offers definitions for terms related to El Nino, including information on southern oscillation and its relationship to the trade winds.