CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Versus Climate Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes the key points of weather versus climate. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Versus Climate
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares and contrasts weather and climate.
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Niwa: Climate and Weather
Want to learn more about the climate and weather? This webpage contains links to websites around the world concerned with providing information about climate and weather. Topics include ozone, greenhouse gases, global warming, tornadoes,...
Globe
The Globe Program: Climate Module
Climate change affects the whole world, from the tropics to the poles. Through learning activities, students learn how weather over a long period of time describes climate, explore how sea level rise can affect coastal communities and...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Make Your Own Weather Station
Students can plan and carry out investigations of local weather patterns by building their own weather stations to collect observations of various weather conditions: rainfall, wind direction, and air pressure.
National Weather Service
National Weather Service
Official United States Weather Bureau source for weather maps and forecasts. Contains forecasts, maps, warnings, data, current conditions, and storm warnings.
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Weather Channel
The Weather Channel website not only contains the weather at any place in the United States but also around the globe. Find photos, videos, weather outlook for different activities and travel, and weather news.
BBC
Bbc: Weather: Search
Find information about current weather conditions anywhere in the world by entering the city and country. The site breaks down the information into specific areas and regions, which makes it convenient to search through.
NOAA
Noaa: Climate
The collections under this theme are developed to improve climate literacy and to provide access to scientific information, which can inform personal decisions about actions that influence climate.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Motion: Weather Fitness Lesson Plan
For this lesson, students "rediscover" weather as they use movement to act it out. Using their whole body to bend, stretch and exercise, students follow along as the teacher calls out and moves different types of weather.
NASA
Nasa: Weather
Though we live on the surface of the Earth, we actually live at the bottom of an ocean of air. Dynamic layers of air interact with the Earth's surface and the Sun's energy to produce the phenomenon of weather. The atmosphere is...
Thinkport Education
Made Clear: Weather and Climate: Are They Different?
FInd out the difference between climate and weather.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Altitude and Mountains on Climate
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Studies the effects of altitude and mountain ranges on weather and climate.
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Climate Change Institute: Climate Reanalyzer
Using interfaces for reanalysis and historical station data, the Climate Reanalyzer provides an intuitive platform for visualizing a variety of weather and climate data sets and models.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Climate Time Line Information Tool
A tool that summarizes climate history for time spans from 1 year to 100,000 years ago and beyond. It explores the relation between human development, weather, and climate. Students learn how past climate is measured, provides basic...
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Government of Alberta: Agroclimatic Atlas of Alberta: Climate of Alberta
Describes the climate of Alberta and how it is different in different regions of the province. Provides a map that illustrates this concept. Includes links to other articles on Alberta's weather and climate.
NOAA
Noaa: National Climatic Data Center
Search the world's largest archive of weather data or click on the links to learn about extreme weather. Look up weather information about your city or town.
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Donnerwetter.de German Weather
Donnerwetter is Germany's most extensive weather site on the internet. Not only will in provide current and past weather of every town in Germany, but it will also give the weather in worldwide locations. It also provides articles in...
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Climate Science Info Zone
Media-rich interactive explores Earth's climate, investigating what might be causing the climate to change and how to prepare for it in the future.
NOAA
Noaa: National Weather Service: Jet Stream: Jet Stream Learning Lessons
Here's a comprehensive list of lesson plans offered by the National Weather Service covering the gamut of weather topics from the atmosphere to synoptic meterology. The plans include objectives, supplies necessary for the lesson, teacher...
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...
National Snow and Ice Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center: Factors Affecting Arctic Weather and Climate
An introduction to the factors that affect the Arctic's weather and climate: latitude, land/sea distribution, solar radiation, air temperature, air pressure, winds, humidity, clouds, and precipitation.
NOAA
Noaa: Etl: Regional Weather and Climate Applications Branch
This page explains how meteorologists of the NOAA study weather and climate.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: The Difference Between Weather and Climate
Learn the scientific differences between weather and climate.