Weather engineers have come a long way in designing technology that provides advanced warnings of severe weather. Six lessons and six activities make up a collection of resources that teach middle schoolers about weather and weather technology. Young meteorologists learn the basics of weather, build weather instruments, design model levees, and consider how to reduce their carbon footprint.
6th - 8th
Science, Career & Technical Education
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climate, climate change, climates, air pollution, pollution, global warming, carbon footprints, the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, landfills, recycling, design, engineering design, hurricanes, hurricane katrina, floods, prototypes, storms, thunderstorms, tropical storms, wind, water, weather forecasting, weather data, weather patterns, meteorology, weather station, wind vanes, barometers, thermometers, rain gauge, cirrus clouds, clouds, cumulonimbus clouds, cumulus clouds, stratus clouds, radar, satellite data, satellites, lightning, static electricity, benjamin franklin, air mass, air pressure, air, the atmosphere, the earth's atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, barometric pressure, severe weather, articles of clothing, fashion design, winter weather, the water cycle, a raisin in the sun, humidity, temperature
