University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Catching Snowflakes
Are you in a place where snow falls in winter? If so, try catching snowflakes. Then take a close look. Can you find two snowflakes that look alike?
Globe
The Globe Program: Clouds Module
Activities give students the opportunity to describe the shape and appearance of cumulus clouds and learn the types of weather that are associated with them. They identify cloud types using cloud classification names and explore the...
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bingo Cards
Choose from a selection of Bingo Cards to play fun games on a variety of topics.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Atmosphere Images
Photos, diagrams, and other images related to climate and climate change.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Climate Postcards
Students learn about the climate zones of the world by interpreting data and then identifying climate zones described in postcards.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Motion: Water Cycle Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students unite science and physical activity to learn about the water cycle!
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Motion: Weather Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson plan, students "rediscover" weather as they use movement to act it out. Using their whole body to bend, stretch and exercise, students follow along as the teacher calls out and moves different types of weather.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Smartgraphs: Hurricane Katrina
Students are given graphs relating to Katrina, the hurricane that devastated New Orleans and much of the gulf coast in 2005, and are asked to identify various events, such as the moment when the hurricane made its closest approach to New...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Global Climate Change: Understanding the Greenhouse Effect
Students study past climate change, explore the effect of greenhouse gases on Earth's atmosphere today, and consider human impact on global warming.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Make a Rain Gauge to Study Precipitation
In this hands-on weather instructional activity, 3rd graders design, build and use their own rain gauge to measure how much water falls during a rain storm.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Celebrating Winter
Turn your classroom into a winter wonderland with these festive activities, videos, and interactive games for grades PreK-12. Explore different winter holidays, investigate snowflakes using math and science, create winter-themed crafts,...
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.
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...
King's Centre for Visualization in Science
Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 1: Introduction to Earth's Climate
This is the first lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. It explores Earth's unique climate and atmosphere, regional climate differences, and temporal climate differences. Includes comprehension questions...
Other
Vox Media: Weather 2050
See what the average winter and summer temperature is predicted to be in your town in 2050.
NASA
Nasa: Polar Ice and Its Possible Effects on the Earth
This article describes the effects of polar ice caps on the Earth and offers explanations as to the possible effects of polar ice melting on sea level and temperature.
California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology: Snow
This site from the California Institute of Technology contains information on the study of snow crystals. There are numerous links on the left side of the page. Some of the topics are photo collections, preserving snow and the physics of...
Extreme Science
Extreme Science
Find the biggest, baddest, most extreme of everything science all in one place. Includes wild topics in earth science, life science, space science, weather, oceanography, and technology.
Center for Educational Technologies
Exploring the Environment: Weather Forecasting
Information and resources from this site will help you to predict weather conditions in your community.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science
Explore the science behind the "extremes" in our world. Organized into sections on earth science, the animal kingdom, technology, and space science, this site opens your eyes to giant creatures, amazing technological advances, vast...
NOAA
Noaa: Create Your Own El Nino [Pdf]
Discover the causes of the phenomenon called El Nino, and how its can change the Pacific Ocean. Build your own model to see how El Nino works.
European Space Agency
Esa Kids: Useful Space: Weather Studies From Space
Weather satellites aid meteorologists in studying space. The satellites provide details of weather around the world.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The Poetry of Bad Weather
This seven-stanza poem includes words and phrases that are commonly associated wit the weather.