Websites For Learning All About Weather

  1. About Temperature - Information on different kinds of thermometers, with a discussion of the physics behind temperature.
  2. Bureau of Meteorology - Worksheet provides an activity to learn about atmospheric pressure.
  3. Bushfire Weather - Learn how fires, of both natural and human origin, have affected the environment of Australia. Includes weather patterns and maps.
  4. Climate and Radiation - From the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Includes information about aerosols, clouds, rainfall, remote sensing, current projects, publications and personnel.
  5. Dan's Wild Weather Page - Newschannel 19's very own weather guru Dan Satterfield keeps us up to date with the latest weather news and explains all the scientific stuff as well.
  6. Live From the Storm - An interactive, animated weather resource for middle-school educators and students. Part of the Passport to Knowledge series.
  7. Meteorology - What is it? - Worksheet about the ingredients that make up weather, atmospheric circulation, wind, and pressure systems.
  8. NASA's Global Change Master Directory - A comprehensive directory of information about Earth science data, including a broad coverage of the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere and human dimensions of global change.
  9. PlanetDiary - Highlights natural phenomena and current events from around the world.
  10. Snow Crystals - Information about the physics of snow crystals and snowflakes as well as the history of early scientific observations and photographs, how to take photos, preserving snow crystals, and unusual snowflakes.
  11. University of Reading, Department of Meteorology - Centre for teaching and research in meteorology.
  12. UV Menace - Learn about how UV rays can cause cancer, the effect on the atmosphere, and how they hurt the ozone layer.
  13. Weathercation - Weather education information and products.
  14. Weather One - Discusses several topics of weather including clouds, seasons, air pressure, winds, global warming, and violent weather. Also contains activities to give students a hands-on experience with weather.
  15. Weather Wiz Kids   - Includes facts, folklore, games, jokes, experiments, and activities, written by a meteorologist.
  16. Weather Words - The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology offers definitions of some common forecasting terms, descriptions of phenomena and precipitation, as well as wind and sea terms.
  17. WeatherQuestions.com - Concise and interesting answers to the most-often asked questions about the weather, arranged in alphabetical order.