Thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, and hail are just a few of the topics covered in a thorough weather preparedness guide. With descriptions of each weather phenomenon, from what causes them to how and when they occur to...

Students examine dangerous weather by researching tornadoes.  In this extreme weather lesson, students identify the states included in Tornado Alley.  Students create a virtual tornado using 2 plastic bottles.

Third graders identify key concepts and definitions about tornados. They work in small groups of three to four to create mini-tornados. After reading Tornado Alert as a class, 3rd graders discuss tornados and fill out a KWL chart.

Students examine factors which affect a vortex and create model tornadoes. They identify variables, pose a testable question, and perform an experiment using the scientific method. After they collect their data, students write a complete...

Have your young scientists explore a single element of the water cycle and write a report to explain findings. Your class can take their writing through all the steps of the writing process and publish it using a Web-based multimedia...

Future meteorologists play a Jeopardy game to review vocabulary and concepts taught during a weather unit. Questions cover such topics as weather vocabulary, tornado safety, the water cycle, and cloud types are part of this review.

Students explore what tornados are, how they are created and measured, and what their effects are on communities. They keep a journal of their activities and explorations as part of an ongoing process of learning.

Students explore storms and compare the similarities and differences of hurricanes and tornadoes through the use of a Venn diagram. They conduct interviews as part of their research into the myths and legends of storms.

For this science and language arts worksheet, pupils are directed to an Internet site where they do research on tornadoes and Tornado Alley. Students complete a 10 question word puzzle.

In this universe research activity, students read the sentence and then use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: a violent whirlwind in which the...

Have your language arts class expand their science-related vocabulary with this graphic organizer. They will take the 15 words listed and find an antonym and synonym for each. 

Students explore hurricanes and tornadoes by conducting an experiment. In this weather pattern lesson, students define many extreme weather vocabulary terms and discuss the relationship with static electricity. Students utilize plastic...

In this literature response worksheet, students read The Night of the Twisters and then complete a KW table. Students record what they know about tornadoes and what they would like to learn.

Ninth graders write a description of a natural disaster. They list as many natural disasters as they can think of. The class discusses any natural disasters individuals have witnessed first hand. They watch a brief clip of a film that...

Young scholars investigate weather disasters by creating a virtual tornado.  For this wild weather lesson, students define a vortex and describe how a vortex keeps a tornado moving and causing damage.  Young scholars utilize...

Students select a severe weather pattern of interest (tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, lightning, hail, and thunderstorms) and research these patterns to collect data for a report they write in the next lesson.

In this earth science worksheet, students visit the weather sites listed to answer the weather questions on the sheet. They define super cell and complete the paragraph. Students also name and sketch three types of snowflakes.

First graders investigate natural weather disasters by writing an essay.  In this weather lesson plan, 1st graders research one aspect of dangerous weather such as hurricanes, snow, floods, etc.  Students take notes on their...

In this reading comprehension activity, students read a selection about hurricanes and tornadoes, then complete 4 multiple choice questions based on the selection.

Students create original short stories that feature distinctive weather phenomena, such as rainbows, snowstorms, tornadoes, thunder and/or lightning. They use a story map, imbedded in this plane, to help them organize their story.

Pupils use reading strategies for Night of the Twister. In this reading strategies lesson plan, students name five major catastrophes and books about each. Pupils complete a vocabulary section, make inferences and predictions, read the...

Study all things weather with a packet of weather vocabulary activities. The 12-page packet includes three crosswords varying in difficulty, a mixed letter sort, a sentence sort, weather word search, and fill-in-the-blank sentences with...

Young scholars conduct research on specific severe weather patterns of interest and collect data to be shared with other students on these phenomona. They write (or review) a severe weather action plan for the school and presents their...

Fourth graders develop their writing skills. In this paragraph structure lesson, 4th graders research natural disasters, compile their findings, create mobiles and write stories based on the mobiles.