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Earth and Space Systems:
Weather

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Environment Canada Weather Office

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html
- Weather
Classroom
http://weatherclassroom.com/home_students.php
Activities for students including an Intearctive Weather Forecast.
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Water Science for Schools
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/index.html
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Sun Times Global/Sun Temperature Project
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/tempproj/
To collaborate with schools throughout the world in determining
how the average daily temperature and hours of sunlight in a specific
location are affected by how close that location is to the equator.
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The Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/
Read about the weather forecast for the coming months.
- Make
your own Weather instruments
http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.html
Make a barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane, compass.
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More weather instruments and information about hurricanes.
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weathertools.html
Tools to help you measure
wind, air
pressure, moisture
and temperature.
- RADAR-
ology
http://www.fi.edu/weather/radar/radar.html
RADAR explained and its importance to weather forecasting.
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Lightning explained
http://www.fi.edu/weather/lightning/lightning.html
- Weather
events explained
http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/events.html
Explanations of hurricanes, clear days, showers, tornadoes, snow
showers, rain, fog, thunderstorms, cold fronts.
- Web
Weather for Kids
  
http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/
Learn what makes weather wild, with classroom activites and weather
foracasting tips.
- FEMA
for Kids
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
- Eye
in the Sky
 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/
Earth's weather as tracked by satellites.
- Classroom
Ideas - lessons for Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, , Grades
6-8, Grades 9-12
- Natures
Fury
Titanic forces at work, and the misery they can visit on humans,
caught up in them.
Each link begins a short Flash excellent video clip and then you
can click on links to The Effect, The Phenonemna,
and The Science of each of earth's fury.
- Hurricane
House Game- How will you prepare for a hurricane?
http://www.fema.gov/kids/games/hurhouse/
- Thunderstorms
http://www.fema.gov/kids/thunder.htm
Information about lightning. Click on 'things to know'.
- Dan's
Wild Wild Weather Watch
http://www.wildwildweather.com/
Explanations about: El Nino / La Nina, temperature, humidity, wind,
tornadoes, clouds, pressure, climate, lightning, RADAR, hurricanes,
precipitation.
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Weather Questions - answered!
http://www.weatherworks.com/monthly/q_and_a/question.html
- University
of Illinois
Cloud
Types explained
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml
- Clouds
http://www.carlwozniak.com/clouds/
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Cloud lesson
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/396.html
Worksheet and web links for research.
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The states of water explained
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/dvlp/wtr.rxml
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Precipitation explained
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/home.rxml
Rain and hail, freezing rain, sleet, snow
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Hurricanes explained
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml
- The
Hydrologic Cycle Online meteorological guide
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/home.rxml
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Classroom activities
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/home.rxml
Activity topics include: pressure, air masses, precipitation along
fronts, mid latitude cyclones, surface observation symbols, current
weather symbols, forecasting temperatures, forecasting temperature.
- El
Nino: Hot Air over Hot Water
http://www.fi.edu/weather/nino/nino.html
Hot air over hot water - El Nino
Experiments and explanations - a collection of useful sites.
- Itellicast-
Weather
http://www.intellicast.com/
Find out about weather forecast around the world.
- Weather
Report
http://www.uen.org/weather/
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Weather Watch
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/index.htm
Featured project with teacher's guides and many links for student
research
- Wonderful
World of Weather
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj/index_NEW.html
An on-line class weather project. This Real Time Data Module has been
created for use by students in the elementary grades to allow them to
investigate weather phenomena both locally as well as in other places
around the world.
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Copyright
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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Wednesday February 28, 2007 9:30 PM
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