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NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Regional Climate Maps Former Soviet Union

For Students 9th - 10th
Find weekly, monthly, and 3-month climate maps for Russia and the Former Soviet Union. Includes total precipitation and minimum and maximum temperature.
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Geographyiq

Geography Iq

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Navigational Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this project, students use real time data to learn how pilots navigate when they fly. Students go through a series of lessons on vectors, weather maps and flight tracking, then take a pilot's test where they apply what they have...
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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Global Maps: Sea Surface Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
This global map from NASA's Earth Observatory shows the sea surface temperature from July 2002 to October 2008. Learn the influences that sea surface temperature has on climate and weather.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Mapping Troposhperic Ozone Levels Over Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Ozone in the stratosphere protects the earth by absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. However, when ozone occurs in the troposphere, it is harmful to health. In this project you can use data from EPA monitoring stations...
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Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Forecasting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about the art and science of forecasting at this site from Dan's Wild Weather Page.
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Theme 2: Natural Environments

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to the natural environment. Covers four main areas - plate tectonics, forms and processes, weather and climate, and rainforest and desert. Within each of these,...
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Other

Climate Change Institute: Climate Reanalyzer

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

Paleomap: Climate History

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you wondered what the Earth's climate was like millions of years ago? Click on a period to view a map and explanation of ancient Earth's climate.
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Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Hurricanes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to find out about hurricanes and how to track them.
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NOAA

Noaa: Earth System Research Laboratory: Psd: Interactive Climate Map of u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate climate trends across the United States by clicking on individual states and then specific cities. Data is presented from 1961-1990.
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Mcwdn: Maps & Globes: Landforms Mountains

For Students 3rd - 5th
Informative site about mountains. Look at the picture and read all about mountains, then take a quiz to show how much you know!
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Math Graphs

Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Direction and Vectors 3 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use a weather map to determine the points where the wind speed is the greatest. The resource consists of an enlarged printable version of a weather map available in PDF format.
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Other

Unisys: Hurricanes/tropical Data

For Students 9th - 10th
There is a table that has links to hurricanes in the Atlantic from 1995, East Pacific from 1997, West Pacific from 1996, South Pacific from 2000, and South India from 2000. This page has a satellite map and the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
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Intellicast: Daily Parcipitation in the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a map of the United States with a key for precipitation. The key tells you the estimated precipitation for previous day.
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Curated OER

Forecast Map

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Weather Service presents this site on synoptic meteorology, large-scale weather systems. Learn about the structure and behavior of the atmosphere, including clouds, precipitation, winds and more. Also includes learning...
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World Atlas

World Atlas: Taiwan

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive website on Taiwan. Includes colored maps, geographic information, and articles. Click on any tab above the maps to find much more information on topics such as famous Taiwanese, flags, symbols, travel, weather, and lots...
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NOAA

Noaa: National Climatic Data Center: u.s. Climate at a Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
Allows you to search over 100 years of monthly climate data in maps, charts, etc. for the variables temperature and precipitation. See how the weather has changed over the years.
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Smis: Daily Satellite Photo: European Russia, Western Siberia, North East Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers weather maps for three areas: European Russia, Western Siberia, and Northeast Europe. The maps show very current weather conditions for each area.
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Other

Maine.gov: Facts and History

For Students 9th - 10th
The official website of the state of Maine provides a detailed overview of its facts, history, maps, weather, government and more.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Air Masses and Fronts

For Students 9th - 10th
What are air masses and where do they originate? What happens to the weather along fronts? Learn about warm and cold fronts and different types of advection. Maps and animated illustrations make these topics easier to comprehend.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Race to the End of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Multimedia-rich exhibition documents the race, in 1911, to be the first to reach the South Pole. Two teams undertook the perilous journey, one British, led by Robert Scott, and one Norwegian, led by Roald Amundsen. With digital dioramas,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Suriname

For Students 9th - 10th
Useful guide to a country profile of Suriname featuring background details and numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news, government, maps, and much...
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Rita and Katrina: How Hurricanes Compare [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting map with information comparing Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.

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