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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Weather: Vocabulary (El Tiempo)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: weather vocabulary, seasons. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented -...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: The Windy City (Reading Comprehension)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of exercises about the weather in Chicago that tests reading comprehension of Spanish-speaking ELLs. Instructions are in Spanish; exercises and readings in English.
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Other

Planet Ark: World Environmental News

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...
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Time

Time: See What Winter Will Be Like Where You Live

For Students 9th - 10th
Winter is coming and the question of whether you're in for a snowy season or a sunny one will largely be decided by where you live. Check it all out!
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Mcdwn: Climate

For Students 3rd - 8th
Wonderful site! Learn about climates and gather helpful information. When you are done, take the climates quiz to show what you have learned.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Cloud Types

For Students 1st - 8th
Diagram shows the different types of clouds that are located in the sky. Click on each clouds name for images and further information.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: The Ideal Gas Law

For Students 4th - 8th
The Ideal Gas Law describes how pressure, temperature, density, and volume are related to each other and helps us explain how weather works.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Air Pressure

For Students 3rd - 8th
Where air molecules are packed closely, air pressure is high. Where air molecules spread out, air pressure is low.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Snowflakes

For Students 2nd - 8th
Learn about snowflakes and how they are formed.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Exploring Weather One, Two, Three, Forecast!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners will use weather data they collect to predict future weather. Included in this lesson are a weather forecasting recording sheet and an example of a student's completed work.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Plotting Climate Data

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use climate data to create a key, plot data points, and interpolate data.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Seasonal Weather an Introduction

For Teachers 3rd
Introduce seasonal weather with local examples and key vocabulary.
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 3 Ess2 1: Seasonal Weather Conditions

For Teachers 3rd
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 3-ESS2-1: seasonal weather conditions.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: Keep Your Own Weather Journal

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site, which is provided for by the Franklin Institute Online, gives a format for keeping a weather journal.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Climate and Weather Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
This online lecture covers topics of air pressure, density and temperature.
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National Weather Service

National Weather Service: Jet Stream: Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
The Online School for Weather discusses the world's major climate categories based upon general temperature profile related to latitude.
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Other

Canterbury Environmental Education Centre: Weather Explorer

For Students 3rd - 8th
A look at the weather, how it is measured, and how it is caused. Learn what weather is like all over the world, how global warming is affecting our planet, and how "extreme" conditions like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and drought...
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NASA

Nasa: Global Wind Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA lists and defines global wind patterns. It features a graphic of these patterns and a self-test with answers.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather vs. Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
[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.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Fronts

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the fronts that occur when two air masses collide.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Collecting Weather Data

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the various instruments that scientists use to measure weather conditions, including advanced tools like satellites and radar.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Blizzards

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how blizzards form.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: Make Your Own Rain Gauge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make a simple rain gauge to measure the precipitation.
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: Ms Ess2 5: Interacting Air Masses and Weather

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-ESS2-5: interacting air masses and weather.