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Weather Unit - Activity ideas for teaching about weather source
Weather - In our weather unit, part of the objectives are to learn forecasting skills. We have a morning news program that kids do and we started doing the "Weather Watch" everyday for the school...source
Weather Song - During my morning meeting, I have someone go to the window and check the weather outside. While theyre heading out there, we sing this song...source
Climate - Learn about climate by studying the average daily and seasonal weather events in a certain region. Sections: Weather VS Climate; Regional Climates, Activities, and source
Dans Wild Wild Weather Page - Basic information about clouds- temperature- humidity...from a Meteorologist in Huntsville Alabama source
El Nino: Hot Air Over Hot Water - Information and simple activities to help explain the science behind the El Nino weather event source
Mad About Meteorology - Two weak integrated unit on meteorology investigates the water cycle, clouds, air movement, fronts, precipitation, and forecasting source
Natural Catastrophic Phenomena - Students work in cooperative groups to research the effect weather and catastrophic events can have on the landscape with this integrated unit source
Predicting Weather Using Maps - Using the Internet, students interpret weather map symbols and predict what will happen to high and low pressure areas over three days (Grades 3-5) source
Seasons - Young students use hands-on activities to learn about the seasons by studying the sun, phases of the moon, causes of the seasons, why leaves change color, the calendar and more (In Adobe Acrobat PDF format) source
Seasons Thematic Unit - Youngsters learn about the four seasons of the year, calandars, and seasonal activities with this integrated thematic unit source
The Disaster Area - A colorful site with kid-friendly information about tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters source
The Four Seasons Webquest - First graders observe changing seasons and share what they have learned with this webquest. Links to color sheets and activities for each season source
Weather - Students will explore the world of weather with a focus on rain with this integrated thematic unit source
Weather - Twelve to sixteen week environmental activities unit designed for fourth grade students. Activities adapted from several natural resource programs source
Weather Clip Art - Collection of weather related clip art. Subcategories include clouds, hurricanes, lightning, rain, rainbows, storms, tornadoes and more source
Weather Online - Click on "Weather Tools" for an extensive list of weather-related sites on the Internet (advanced interest) source
Best Weather WebQuest - Students use Internet sources to find the city with the "best weather". source
Weather Wordsearch Puzzle - A printable wordsearch puzzle on the topic of weather source
WeatherEye Lesson Overview - Index to Teachers guides of weather lessons (Grades 2-12)from WeatherEye. Topics: Forecasting, Climate, Clouds, Lightning, Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and source
Wind Speed - Internet resources provide anemometer activities and Beaufort Scale to study wind speed source
"Windy" Things To Make - Directions for making a pinwheel, anemometer, windsock, and wind vane using simple inexpensive materials source
Wonderful World of Weather - Standards-based Real Time Data Module allows young students to investigate weather phenomenon both locally and in other places around the world source
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