Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Weather Scope: An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate
The activities in this comprehensive weather unit are designed for Grade 6 and up. Students will use real time data from around the world to conduct an investigation about weather and climate.
NOAA
Noaa: The Ocean's Role in Weather and Climate
A collection of resources - interactive activities and teacher tutorials - on the impact the ocean has on weather and climate.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Weather and Climate
In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn how factors such as ocean currents, topography, and air currents affect weather patterns. You will also learn the similarities and differences between weather and climate.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Investigating Weather and Climate With Google Earth
In this activity, students will investigate the change in global temperature by analyzing data on Google Earth for 13 different cities. Students will then interpret the climate patterns for those cities to make conclusion about the...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Weather and Climate Data Exploration
Students explore the relationship between weather and climate by graphing weather temperature data and comparing with climate averages.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Weather and Climate in Your Neighborhood
Do you live in an area where the weather changes a lot from season to season throughout the year? Or do you live in a place where the weather stays pretty much the same all year long? How dynamic is the weather, and how does it compare...
PBS
Pbs: Are the World's Weather and Climate Changing?
What's going on with our weather? Learn about it in this lesson plan that examines the climate and weather patterns in the world today. It has a weather quiz and guidelines that help the students understand weather changes occurring...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Weather vs. Climate
A tutorial that investigates the differences between weather versus climate. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of weather and climate, and the difference between them.
NASA
Sci Jinks: What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
Weather and climate may be lumped together when meteorologists talk about them, but they are two different things. This brief article identifies how to differentiate the two.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather Scope: A Study of Weather and Climate
Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with students around the world.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Clouds, Weather, and Climate Teaching Box
This Teaching Box combines hands-on activities, data analysis, and discussion that help high school students consider how weather can affect cloud types and how cloud types can affect climate.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Climate and Weather
Eight hands-on lessons module in which students explore climate and weather. Inquiry-based investigations include observing weather, weather reporting, weather maps, weather satellites, causes of weather, and climate change.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather vs. Climate
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares and contrasts the short-term phenomenon of weather with the long-term average of weather, otherwise known as climate.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Weather and Climate Graphing It!
Explores the difference between weather and climate and how they are measured. Students will complete activities and construct a climate graph from raw data. They will also learn about the physical structure of the rainforest, its...
Other
Weather Online: Climates of the World: Austria
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Austria's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
Other
Weather Online: Climate of the World: Luxemburg
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Luxemburg's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
Other
Weather Online: Climates of the World: Switzerland
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Switzerland's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Climate Change
This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the difference between weather and climate and features groundbreaking analysis revealing that Earth's climate has changed much faster than previously believed. [5:48]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Versus Climate Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes the key points of weather versus climate. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Versus Climate
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares and contrasts weather and climate.
Other
Niwa: Climate and Weather
Want to learn more about the climate and weather? This webpage contains links to websites around the world concerned with providing information about climate and weather. Topics include ozone, greenhouse gases, global warming, tornadoes,...
Globe
The Globe Program: Climate Module
Climate change affects the whole world, from the tropics to the poles. Through learning activities, students learn how weather over a long period of time describes climate, explore how sea level rise can affect coastal communities and...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Make Your Own Weather Station
Students can plan and carry out investigations of local weather patterns by building their own weather stations to collect observations of various weather conditions: rainfall, wind direction, and air pressure.