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Siemens Science Day: Earth Science: How's the Weather? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students make their own weather station by using homemade version of real weather measurement equipment and use their equipment to make observations and predictions about the local weather.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How meteorologists create and read weather maps.
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National Weather Service

National Weather Service:climate Prediction Center: Daily Precipitation Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Find real-time daily precipitation analysis for the United States, Mexico, and South America as well as accumulated precipitation maps for the past 30 or 90 days.
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University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Prediction in Cold Regions Network [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
IP3 members conduct research into cold climates. One of their thrusts is to study how to better predict future weather in cold regions. This downloadable brochure describes their work and why it is important for the Canadian economy.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Look Up! Observing Weather

For Teachers K - 1st
To get a better idea of how meteorologists make weather predictions, students will begin their own weather journals and make rain gauges.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Weather: Forecasting

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers a variety of forecasting-related topics including storms, snow and ice, and the tools meteorologists use to make predictions.
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Amazing Kids! Magazine: Predicting the Weather

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learn about how weather predictions can be made by different instruments in this article.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Weather Walks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this multi-day, young scholars will learn weather through multisensory approaches. Students will make daily predictions. After each daily prediction, they will collect measurement and observational data by taking walks in different...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: New Tool to Enhance Weather Forecasters' Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
Site talks about how to advance meteorology in Africa. The goal is to improve daily and seasonal rainfall predictions.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Exploring the Environment: Weather Forecasting

For Students 6th - 8th
Information and resources from this site will help you to predict weather conditions in your community.
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Pete's Potpourri: Numerical Weather Prediction in Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses weather forecast computer modeling, or numerical weather prediction (NWP). It also discusses the development of the concept of front and air masses, as well as which computer forecast models are currently being used...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Weather Forecasting, Online Meteorology Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Accurate and timely weather forecasting is necessary to protect people and property. Methods of forecasting a presented.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Ww2010: Weather Forecasting

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains various techniques used in weather forecasting including persistence, surface features, temperature, and precipitation.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Hurricane Hunters: Tracking Katrina and Rita

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students can use data collected on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to study functions, predictions, and probability models. Students will track the two hurricanes to see how the paths of the hurricanes affected the Gulf...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Weather or Not

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Simple experiments for exploring clouds and cloud formation. You'll find out whether dust in the air helps cloud formation and discuss how dust helps meteorologists make weather predictions.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Icy Winter Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
When meteorologists forecast a winter storm one of the important predictions they make is the type, or types, of precipitation that are likely to fall. Will freezing rain cause an ice storm? Will ice pellets called sleet leave the ground...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Stormy Skies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners learn that wind and storms can form at the boundaries of interacting high and low pressure air masses. They learn the distinguishing features of the four main types of weather fronts (warm fronts, cold fronts, stationary fronts...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Weather Forecasting Over 200 Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief synopsis of how weather forecasting has changed over the past 200 years.
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PBS

Pbs: Rough Science: Weather Station

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS asks users to imagine that they are in the tropics and need to get a reliable weather forecast. It provides instructions on how to build a wind vane, construct a compass, make a barometer and find the dew point.
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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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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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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Benjamin Franklin (1706 1790)

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article learn about Benjamin Franklin and how he published numerous scientific papers. Discover how Franklin compared weather patterns with others and even made weather predictions.
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NOAA

Noaa: Climate Prediction Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this resource to forecast North American temperature and precipitation levels. This tool can be used to predict weather up to three months in advance.

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