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Study Jams! Weather Instruments InteractiveStudy Jams! Weather Instruments Interactive
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4th - 8th
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Study Jams! Weather Instruments

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Concise, yet complete, this set of seven slides describes with photos and text the different basic instruments for measuring weather factors. After viewing, young meteorologists will be able to talk about how to measure humidity, wind direction, wind speed, air pressure, and precipitation. 

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Concepts

rain gauge, rain, thermometers, temperature, anemometers, barometers, hygrometers, meteorology

Additional Tags

barometer, rain gauge, hygrometer, thermometer, anemometer, meteorology, science

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  • Weather instruments are defined as key vocabulary
  • Colorful photographs support an explanation of each instrument 
  • Individuals can take a quiz and print out the results

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  • None

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