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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Weather Scope: An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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National Weather Service

The National Weather Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Site shows us the roles and responsibilites of the National Weather Service. Also provides further information and likely scenarios, questions, and potential problems.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Weather

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Presents images of common weather phenomena. Book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Climate and Weather Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A weather unit designed to help the students examine 3 factors to determine weather and climate: latitude, elevation, and nearness to large bodies of water.
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National Weather Service

National Weather Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Official United States Weather Bureau source for weather maps and forecasts. Contains forecasts, maps, warnings, data, current conditions, and storm warnings.
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Other

Weather Channel

For Students 9th - 10th
The Weather Channel website not only contains the weather at any place in the United States but also around the globe. Find photos, videos, weather outlook for different activities and travel, and weather news.
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Other

Honolulu Hi 5: Cool Maps With Awesome Weather Data Across 1,219 Us Cities

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the weather in states and cities across the United States. Two maps with accompanying graphs are provided. The first indicates the number of comfortably warm summer days a place has and the second shows the temperature and how...
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Family: Is It Cold Outside?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A story about winter weather and activities children can do inside on a cold day. Includes audio narration in 19 additional languages with text in English.
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling

For Teachers 6th
This Weather, Climate & Water Cycling unit has students investigating small-scale storms, mesoscale weather systems and climate-level patterns of precipitation.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Weather Detectives

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is an introductory lesson to a second grade weather unit. The students will be observing the weather each day for one week and recording their observations in a chart. The students will be integrating information from the Internet...
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net Lesson: Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here are several great lesson ideas for a weather unit. The lessons cover topics in math and science including making clouds, recreating the water cycle, and making a tornado. There is also a list of weather resources for more information.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Weather Forecasting, Online Meteorology Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Accurate and timely weather forecasting is necessary to protect people and property. Methods of forecasting a presented.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit, students learn the basics about weather and the atmosphere. They investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and the choices available to us for clothing to counteract the effects of weather. Students have...
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NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Weather Prediction Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Ongoing information updates on weather conditions and forecasts in the United States, displayed on animated maps.
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Other

Weather Underground: The Authority in Expert Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Weather maps, forecasts, radar, NEXRAD, satellite images, and lifestyle weather reports for the United States and world. Includes Dr. Dewpoint and Weather 101 sections for educational use.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spanish 1: Unit 3: El Tiempo

For Students 9th - 10th
In this third unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn to have a written conversation with someone about the weather and their locations, to communicate about seasons, to speak about themselves, use clothing and other...
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Family: What Should We Wear?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this story, a brother and a sister choose clothes to wear for different types of weather. Includes audio readaloud feature in 15 additional languages, while text is in English.
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? This unit contains four separate lesson sets built around answering this question. In the first two lesson sets, learners explain small-scale storms. In the third...
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Other

Cwec: Setting Up a Weather Station (Mini Unit) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the weather and set up their own weather station in this mini-unit.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: Make Your Own Weather Vane

For Students 2nd - 8th
As part of a unit on gathering data about the weather, this lesson features instructions for making a simple weather vane.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Weather Lab

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find out how good your weather prediction skills are as you study the movements of air and water, and their interactions. Then predict what the spring holds for residents of different regions of the United States, and what people should...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Collecting Weather Data Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on collecting weather data. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Chemical Weathering Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on chemical weathering. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Weather: A Journey in Nonfiction

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.

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