Animated resource helps young researchers understand air pressure and how we measure it.

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of air pressure and wind. It explains what makes air pressure change, how we measure it, how wind is created, and types of winds.

Animated interactive helps young researchers understand how winds develop.

What causes wind? How does wind affect our weather? This website is neatly organized into topics about pressure, gradient force, Coriolis force, geostrophic wind, gradient wind, friction, boundary layer wind, and sea and land breezes....

Explains what a pressure gradient is and how it produces air movement.

A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores hurricanes. For this particular lab, students will study data from 2005 hurricane season including Hurricane Katrina. Students compare air pressure and wind speed and also "they...

Explains three forces of nature and how they impact the weather. These include infrared rays from the sun, differences in air pressure, and wind flow when hot and cold air masses meet. Supported by lots of visuals.

Interactive media is used to explain the differences between high pressure and low pressure weather systems.

In this indoor or outdoor lab, young scholars listen to the book Let's Try it Out in the Air. Then they have an opportunity to try the air experiments suggested in the book and write in an observation journal.

When air is warmed, it expands and becomes less dense. As the air becomes less dense, its air pressure decreases. This occurs because molecules in warm air have greater kinetic energy (energy of motion) than in cold air. As the molecules...

Interesting site with links to activities about wind and air in many forms. Browse the different activities and investigations on the properties of air on the toolbar to the left of the page.

An effective presentation of six main climate controls: latitude, land vs. water, geographic position, altitude, currents, pressure and winds.

For this lesson, students learn about the different types of weather and the factors that impact them, including air pressure, humidity, sun and wind.

Describes the ways in which wind direction and barometric pressure can be used by the amateur weather forecaster to make predictions about the weather.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about wind patterns and how they relate to clouds, storms, and lightning. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of weather and climate, and the difference between them.

A suite of lessons focusing on the basic elements of climate and weather. Inquiry-based exploration of extreme weather events and the factors of weather including clouds, wind, air pressure, temperature, and the water cycle.

Make a wind vane, rain gauge, and barometer and learn how to measure wind direction, rainfall, and air pressure.

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...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Requires free membership.T his passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about weather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.