- About Temperature
- Information on different kinds of thermometers, with a discussion
of the physics behind temperature.
- BBC: What is
Weather? - Find out how our climate influences what
kind of house we live in, what kind of sports we do, and what kind of
clothes we wear. Compare different climates with each other.
- Be
a Weather Watcher - Pretend to be a meteorologist while learning
about weather and climates.
- Buckeye Wx
- Weather data and weather related resources at Ohio State University.
- Bureau
of Meteorology - Worksheet provides an activity
to learn about atmospheric pressure.
- Bushfire
Weather - Learn how fires, of both natural and human origin, have
affected the environment of Australia. Includes weather patterns and
maps.
- Careers in Meteorology
- Explains what a meteorologist does, why they do it,
and the tools that help them do a better job.
- Classroom
Activities - Introduction to basic meteorological
concepts such as pressure, fronts, and surface maps.
- Climate and Radiation
- From the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Includes information about
aerosols, clouds, rainfall, remote sensing, current projects, publications
and personnel.
- 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.
- Encyclopedia of
the Atmospheric Environment - Includes a weather
section with detailed accounts on everything from anticyclones to wind.
Printable and very easy to understand.
- Franklin's Forecast
- Exhibit about weather forecasting technologies with news topics about
radar, storm tracking, satellites, and weather events
- Freese-Notis
Weather - Worldwide Meteorology - Source of weather information
for agriculture, aviation, commodities, construction, energy, forensics,
and transportation. NEXRAD radar imagery via InterRAD.
- The
Jr. Meteorologist Club - Weather topics, discussion board and membership
information.
- JetStream: An Online
Weather School - Learn about synoptic meteorology,
thunderstorms, and tropical weather.
- Kid's
PlayStation - All kinds of weather information,
science project ideas, online activities, and printable pages. From
the National Weather Service.
- Live From
the Storm - An interactive, animated weather resource
for middle-school educators and students. Part of the Passport to Knowledge
series.
- Meteorology
- What is it? - Worksheet about the ingredients
that make up weather, atmospheric circulation, wind, and pressure systems.
- 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.
- Online
Meteorology Guide - A fun and comprehensive guide
with modules on clouds and precipitation, forces and wind, air masses
and fronts, weather forecasting, storms, and hurricanes.
- PlanetDiary
- Highlights natural phenomena and current events from around the world.
- 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.
- Skywatchers
Kids' Stuff - Games and activities, a virtual weather
office, information about careers in weather, and a glossary. By Environment
Canada.
- St. Joseph's
School Weather Wise - From South Australia. Includes
local data from the school weather station, weather records, and links.
- Storm
Spotter Glossary - Contains many words used in describing
the weather.
- University of Reading, Department
of Meteorology - Centre for teaching and research in meteorology.
- USA
Today: Atmospheric Science Resources - Offers information
on wind, air pressure, storms, fronts, hurricanes, floods, and weather
prediction.
- UV Menace
- Learn about how UV rays can cause cancer, the effect
on the atmosphere, and how they hurt the ozone layer.
- Weather
- Learn how to report and predict the weather with these interactive
activities and games. Requires Flash.
- Weather By Giannetta -
Articles on "Weather and Meteorology," El-Nino, Hurricanes, Tornadoes.
Many weather charts/graphics/maps/pictures. Links to other weather sites,
some as far away as the South Pole.
- The Weather
Doctor - Explores the science and beauty of weather, including a
monthly almanac, weather history, weather elements and phenomena, weather
and the arts.
- Weathercation - Weather
education information and products.
- Weather and Climate
Resources - From the Institute of Global Environment and Society.
Includes links to maps, analyses, climate data and satellite images.
- Weather Eye
- Lessons and projects designed to help students in grades 2-12 learn
about weather.
- Weather
Folklore - Provides many weather folklore sayings.
- 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.
- Weather Wiz Kids
- Includes facts, folklore, games, jokes, experiments,
and activities, written by a meteorologist.
- Weatherwise
- The BBC Online Weather Centre. Latest forecasts
from around the world and a host of experiments and activities to try.
- 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.
- WeatherQuestions.com
- Concise and interesting answers to the most-often
asked questions about the weather, arranged in alphabetical order.
- Weather Legacy - Meteorology
information including glossary, definition of meteorological scales,
software, poetry, and links.
- WeatherNex - From
the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Includes forecasts, maps, models,
radar and satellite images, weather cams and a collection of weather-related
links.
- What
is a Rainbow? - Educational site explaining the physics and chemistry
of rainbows.
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