TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere
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...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Make a Weather Station
Make a wind vane, rain gauge, and barometer and learn how to measure wind direction, rainfall, and air pressure.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Markov Chain Links
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this activity introduces students to the concept of Markov Chains, and shows students how to find the probability of something (dependent) happening in the future, given certain conditions...
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Amazing Kids! Magazine: Predicting the Weather
Learn about how weather predictions can be made by different instruments in this article.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: How Can We Predict the Weather?
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Hurricane Hunters: Tracking Katrina and Rita
In this activity students can use data collected on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to study functions, predictions, and probability models. Students will track the two hurricanes to see how the paths of the hurricanes affected the Gulf...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rock Cycle
Through five lessons, students are introduced to all facets of the rock cycle. Topics include rock and mineral types, material stresses and weathering, geologic time and fossil formation, the Earth's crust and tectonic plates, and soil...