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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how heat is transferred in the atmosphere.
Other
Climate Gateway: What Is Climate Change?
This ClimateGateway.com site provides information on what climate change is as well as the factors that affect global climate.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What Causes the Gulf Stream?
This video segment adapted from NOVA uses satellite imagery to illustrate the Gulf Stream's path and animations to explain how atmospheric phenomena cause it to move. [1:51]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Climate and Its Causes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what a climate is, how it is related to latitude, how oceans influence climate, and how mountains affect climate.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Why the Polar Vortex Keeps Breaking Out of the Arctic
Why does the Polar Vortex keep breaking out of the Arctic? Surprisingly, warming global temperatures play a role.
Thinkport Education
Made Clear: Weather and Climate: Are They Different?
FInd out the difference between climate and weather.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Visualizing Weather and Climate
With visualizations, we can see the entire planet from all angles at once. We can see the invisible - such as water vapor in the atmosphere and the way air flows around the world.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Dress for the Weather
Woof woof...do you know how to dress for the weather? Pick a puppy and take a look outside. Is it cold? Don't forget a sweater! Is it sunny? Grab your sunglasses! In this game, kids will have fun while learning which items are...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Clouds and Weather Quiz
Try this quiz about the role of clouds in weather.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Weather: What Is Weather?: Lesson Plan
Learn how weather is the combination of four factors -- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds -- that occur at a given place and time in this lesson plan from WGBH. The mix of factors is changing all the time;...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Bubbles on Bottles
Students observe that a change in the temperature of air can impact the size of a bubble placed on a bottle that is cooled and/or heated.
Cornell University
Cornell University: The Regional Climate Centers
Site provides information on the National Climatic Data Center's Regional Climate Centers Program. Click a region on the map of the United States and find information about that region's climate!
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Aspects of Weather
A detailed weather lesson plan written for the primary, intermediate, and junior high level. Topics covered are weather symbols, thermometer, graphing temperature results, clouds, moisture and air pressure.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Science Quizzes: Weather Quiz
A twenty-question trivia quiz on facts about the weather.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dress Caillou
Check the weather outside the window, then choose clothes for Caillou to wear when he goes out to play.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Weather
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive and printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is weather.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 2
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 3
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 1
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Measuring the Temperature
Take a look at how temperature is measured and what factors affect the air temperature.
What2Learn
What2 Learn: All About the Weather
Help the runner finish the race by answering questions about the weather and climate in this interactive game.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Biblioteca Pre Escolar: Que Se Pondra Bella?
Help Bella to choose the right outfit according to the weather.