Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Our State Road Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils take a virtual tour of the country of China instead of a state. Using the Internet, they examine the differences between a political and physical map and use latitude and longitude to locate specific places. They also research...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Major Ocean Surface Currents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate wind driven surface currents and prevailing winds by playing a card game. The cards are sorted by north or south and Atlantic or Pacific. They then predict where the two currents are found and what their...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Parentheses

For Students 4th - 5th
In this parentheses worksheet, students review the uses for parentheses and several examples of their use. Students then place parentheses around words or phrases in the sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL: Reading Comprehension-"Lamborghini to Enter Chinese Market"

For Students 5th - 8th
In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article, then complete a variety of warm up and before/after reading activities. Homework suggestions are also given.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pen Pal Project

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write letters to a pen pal in proper letter form. In this writing lesson, 2nd graders discuss why they would write to a pen pal, brainstorm the elements that should appear in their letters, then write the letters. To close...
Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Weather Scope: An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The activities in this comprehensive weather unit are designed for Grade 6 and up. Students will use real time data from around the world to conduct an investigation about weather and climate.
Website
NOAA

Noaa: The Ocean's Role in Weather and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources - interactive activities and teacher tutorials - on the impact the ocean has on weather and climate.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Weather and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn how factors such as ocean currents, topography, and air currents affect weather patterns. You will also learn the similarities and differences between weather and climate.
Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Investigating Weather and Climate With Google Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, students will investigate the change in global temperature by analyzing data on Google Earth for 13 different cities. Students will then interpret the climate patterns for those cities to make conclusion about the...
Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Weather and Climate Data Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners explore the relationship between weather and climate by graphing weather temperature data and comparing with climate averages.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Weather and Climate in Your Neighborhood

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you live in an area where the weather changes a lot from season to season throughout the year? Or do you live in a place where the weather stays pretty much the same all year long? How dynamic is the weather, and how does it compare...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Are the World's Weather and Climate Changing?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What's going on with our weather? Learn about it in this lesson plan that examines the climate and weather patterns in the world today. It has a weather quiz and guidelines that help the students understand weather changes occurring...
Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Weather vs. Climate

For Students 5th - 7th
A tutorial that investigates the differences between weather versus climate. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of weather and climate, and the difference between them.
Article
NASA

Sci Jinks: What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Weather and climate may be lumped together when meteorologists talk about them, but they are two different things. This brief article identifies how to differentiate the two.
Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather Scope: A Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with young scholars around the world.
Unit Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Clouds, Weather, and Climate Teaching Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Teaching Box combines hands-on activities, data analysis, and discussion that help high school students consider how weather can affect cloud types and how cloud types can affect climate.
Unit Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Climate and Weather

For Students 6th - 8th
Eight hands-on lessons module in which students explore climate and weather. Inquiry-based investigations include observing weather, weather reporting, weather maps, weather satellites, causes of weather, and climate change.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather vs. Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares and contrasts the short-term phenomenon of weather with the long-term average of weather, otherwise known as climate.
Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Weather and Climate Graphing It!

For Students 9th - 10th
Explores the difference between weather and climate and how they are measured. Students will complete activities and construct a climate graph from raw data. They will also learn about the physical structure of the rainforest, its...
Activity
Other

Weather Online: Climates of the World: Austria

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Austria's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
Activity
Other

Weather Online: Climate of the World: Luxemburg

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Luxemburg's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
Activity
Other

Weather Online: Climates of the World: Switzerland

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Switzerland's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the difference between weather and climate and features groundbreaking analysis revealing that Earth's climate has changed much faster than previously believed. [5:48]