Weather Wiz Kids
Cloud in a Bottle
This resource provides a short experiment for students to explore how clouds are formed.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Clouds
Meet the different kinds of clouds found in our atmosphere! Included are answers to why clouds are white, why they turn gray, what is fog, cloud chart, links to cloud lesson plans, and more!
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Weather Wiz Kids: Earthquake Safety
Simple tips for earthquake safety organized into three sections: "before an earthquake," "during an earthquake," and "after the shaking stops." (Click on "Earthquakes" on the left column.)
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Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Instruments
From anemometers to weather satellites this resource identifies several tools used in measuring or forecasting the weather.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Climate
This page gives a complete explanation of climate. Learn the factors that affect the climate.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Safety
Click on the links to find guides to weather and natural disaster safety tips for earthquakes, floods, heat waves, hurricanes, lightning, mudslides, avalanches, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, and winter storms.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Forecasting
This comprehensive website is all about weather including forecasting, weather symbols, lesson plans, types of weather, causes of various kinds of severe weather, weather safety, and more. Check out the links down the left side.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Volcanos
Great resource for learning all about tornadoes. Find out how they are formed, how they erupt, the different types, and notable volcanic eruptions. Also includes safety tips, animations, and activities.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Tornadoes
This is a great resource for everything tornadoes. Learn things like how they form, how they stop, and when they are most likely to occur. You can also keep an eye on tornadoes in your area.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Clouds
Everything you ever wanted to know about clouds condensed into one website. Find out about all different types of clouds and even learn how to make them yourself.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Rain & Floods
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about rain and floods. From rain formation to flood safety tips, this site provides great information.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Thunderstorms
From thunder and lightning to watches and warnings, this comprehensive website provides detailed information about thunderstorms. You can even perform your own experiments!
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Weather Wiz Kids: Lightning
Discover everything there is to know about lightning using this site. Find out what causes lightning, how far away lightning is, how to make lightning yourself, and much more.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Wind
What is wind? How is it caused? This site offers simple answers to many common questions about wind as well as a chart of the Beaufort scale, which "is an empirical measure for the intensity of the weather based mainly on wind power."
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Weather Wiz Kids: Temperature
This page will teach you everything you wanted to know about temperature. Learn what temperature is, how to convert it, and how to stay safe in the heat.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Wildfires
What is a wildfire? How are they caused? Find the answers to these questions, learn wildfire "lingo" and safety tips, and follow links to lesson plans.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Earthquakes
Fun FAQs on earthquakes, their causes earthquakes, the Richter scale, and earthquake safety tips. Site includes videos, animations, and links to related material. Excellent for student exploration. (Click on "Earthquakes" on left hand...
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Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Instruments
Use this site to learn all about the instruments that are used to measure things related to weather.
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Weather Wiz Kids: Hurricanes
A great resource offering the causes and effects of hurricanes, the reason why hurricanes are named the way they are, the difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm, hurricane "lingo," safety tips, and more. Follow links to...
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Weather Wiz Kids: Wind
Wind is air in motion. It is produced by the uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun. Since the earth's surface is made of various land and water formations, it absorbs the sun's radiation unevenly. Two factors are necessary to...