University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: How Weather Works
Web weather site provides the perfect recipe for weather. Click on each ingredient to discover more about it.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Kindergarten Science: What Is Weather?
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about typical weather patterns and how weather changes with the seasons.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Kindergarten Science
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A science text for kindergarten that covers the weather and gravity.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: Make Your Own Weather Vane
As part of a unit on gathering data about the weather, this lesson features instructions for making a simple weather vane.
Other
Vocabulary Training Exercises
This site contains multiple vocabulary tests of 100 words each that drill word sets from animals to words of the soul. It also contains grammar quizzes and a personalized test generator.
CNN
Cnn: Typhoon Winnie
This articles discusses the destruction of typhoon Winnie on China. Find out how many lives were lost and other places that were hit.
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Many Interesting Things: Basic Esl Vocabulary Word Lists
Collection of word lists in a variety of categories such as baseball, geography, cooking, and transportation. Learning activities include word finds, hangman, and even typing practice.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Curriculum Center: Science
The Discovery Channel provides numerous topics that are the most popular science topics taught in upper elementary and middle school. Content is organized by topics (Bacteria, Oceans, Solar System, etc.); all topics include quick facts,...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Weather Maps
This site provides a lesson plan in which groups of students will each investigate a different type of weather map use for weather forecasting. Also includes discussion questions, extension ideas, and links to additional sites for more...
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Measuring: Temperature
Information about reading and comparing temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Starfall
Starfall: What Is the Weather? Song
This is an animated song about the weather including cloudy, sunny, raining, windy, and snowing.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Make a Tornado
Students explore factors that influence why certain areas in the United States have more tornadoes than others and observe a model to visualize what is happening during a tornado.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Satellite Storm Search
Young scholars investigate a physical model to explore how satellite data impacts weather monitoring and forecasting.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Charting the Weather
During this activity, students will gather data from temperature and water gauges set up on the playground to learn about weather patterns. Then students will build a spreadsheet with data related to temperature, wind direction and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Weather Word Search
This instructional activity will give students the opportunity to search the Internet for weather-related words. The students will define weather words prior to creating their own weather word search.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Researching Hurricanes With Technology
This activity will help learners to understand the formation, power, and history of hurricanes. Students will do this using a combination of technological skills. Examples of technology used include: PowerPoint, Word, Netscape Composer,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Clouds Form
Cloud formation results when warm, humid air rises and cools, causing the water vapor in the air to condense and form clouds. For this lesson, students will conduct an activity that demonstrates how this occurs.This lesson plan was...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Investigating the Weather
During this lesson, students will study, record, and predict weather. Students will work in groups to create a weather word wall, research and make a barometer, and create a video about weather. Students will also use the Internet to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Will I Wear to School Today?
Hot, cold, windy, or snowing, students need to know how to dress appropriately. In this lesson, students will learn how weather affects what they wear to school each day. Students will practice choosing the appropriate clothing by using...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's the Weather Like?
Students will use the Internet to compare the weather forecast for their city with other cities throughout the United States each week during this unit. Data will be charted for a five-day period then analyzed and discussed.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Weather Glossary
A glossary of common weather related words.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: What Is Weather?
Weather is the mix of events that happen each day in our atmosphere. Learn how weather events are controlled by air pressure, how Meteorologists predict the weather and the difference between weather and climate.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Thunder and Lightning
Lightning is the most spectacular element of a thunderstorm. Learn how lightning forms, and how lightning leads to thunder.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Weather Images
Photos, diagrams, and other images related to weather.