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NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Thunderstorms

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather presents an abundance of information about thunderstorms. Discover how they form, the different types, their hazards, and what to do if there is a risk for severe weather. A review quiz and lesson plans are...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Tornadoes Form?

For Students 9th - 10th
Meteorologist James Spann sheds light on the lifespan of tornadoes as they go from supercell thunderstorms to terrible twisters before eventually dissolving back into thin air. [4:11]
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Learning Zone

For Students 3rd - 8th
This comprehensive, interactive site is loaded with information, activities, and stories about thunderstorms, lightning, and tornadoes. Find out how these weather systems are formed, how they impact our lives, and how they cause chaos.
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NASA

Ucar Center for Science Education: Web Weather for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information, lessons and activities regarding clouds, tornadoes, thunderstorms, hurricanes and winter storms.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to our planet's structure and its dynamic system of natural forces through an examination of the natural hazards of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, floods and tornados, as well as avalanches, fires,...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate: Severe Storms

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of severe storms, some types, and the damage that they cause.
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Other

Kean: Weather Systems [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
No scientific phenomena concern us as much as the daily evolution of weather systems. We live in a culture where weather, the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place,helps us define regional cultural variations. States such as...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 3

For Students 5th - 8th
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."