Weather site highlights the severe weather occurrences of thunder and lightning. Click on the link to hear a music clip.

Alyssa sees a lightning bolt in the sky and counts four seconds until she hears the thunder. Aligns with 7.RP.A.

The National Weather Service presents this comprehensive site on lightning. Learn how lightning is created, what makes the sound of thunder, and ways to be safe during a storm. Learning lessons, frequently asked questions, and review...

Find out the causes of lightning, the strikes of lightning, the flashes, safety, and damage. Great place to have your questions about lightning answered.

Scientists have learned that when gusts of high-speed solar particles enter our atmosphere, the number of lightning bolts increases. Learn more about how this phenonemon works.

When was the very first lightning bolt detection device used? Find out and discover the evolution of the process.

Experience the acoustical shadow caused by a lightning bolt, and discover the dangers of a lightning storm.

Detailed description of the scientific cause of thunder.

A written and audio story about where in the world lightning has most often struck and is most likely to strike. Discusses how NASA was able to obtain this information. (Dec. 5, 2001)

Right now there are about two thousand thunderstorms going on around the world. While common, they can be dramatic with intense rain, hail, wind, lightning, thunder, and even tornadoes.

This is an activity using common household materials that will demonstrate a static electricity discharge.