Websites For Learning All About Weather
- About Temperature
- Information on different kinds of thermometers, with a discussion of
the physics behind temperature.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- University of Reading, Department
of Meteorology - Centre for teaching and research in meteorology.
- UV Menace
- Learn about how UV rays can cause cancer, the effect on the atmosphere,
and how they hurt the ozone layer.
- Weathercation - Weather education
information and products.
- 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.
- 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.