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Weather Webquest - Teams of students pretend to be meteorologists while researching and writing a script for their local weather broadcast source

Eventual Weather - Information and movies to demonstrate the technology meteorologists use to forecast the weather. (RADAR, satellite images, and lightning detectors) source

Forecasting - Lesson explains forecasting the weather, provides "tricks" which can be used to forecast the weather, discusses cloud forecasting, wind forecasting, senses forecasting and source

Make Your Own Weather Station - Information and directions for making simple instruments needed to forecast the weather at your school. (barometer, hygrometer, rain guage, weather vane, compass) source

Predicting the Weather - Children are introduced to weather vocabulary and weather map symbols resulting in a week long prediction of weather conditions for their local area source

Weather Forecasting - Upper elementary students use weather reports for their personal benefit after gaining an understanding of how to forecast the weather for a period of 48 hours source

Weather Forecasting: An Online Guide - Module introduces forecasting methods and factors that must be considered. Sections: Forecasting Methods, Surface Features, Forecasting temperatures and precipitation source

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