Utah Education Network
Uen: Sun or Shade?
Use a thermometer to measure the air temperature in several places around the school.
NOAA
Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Aerial Photography & Mapping Lesson Plan: Images of Katrina
This activity from NOAA Ocean Service is about using aerial photographs to assess the impact of extreme weather events such as Hurricane Katrina. The activity features aerial views of Biloxi, MS post-Katrina and enables students to see...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Warnings From the Ice
Examine equipment used for cold-weather survival, identify pack items students consider essential and collaborate to plan a survival pack for severe Antarctic weather.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Drought
The unit teaches students to interpret climate data to recognize the symptoms and evaluate the severity of drought. It helps them realize that drought can still devastate areas that have stable infrastructure and access to expensive...
Other
American Red Cross: Masters of Disasters: Grades K 2
This resource presents many lessons with activities to engage young scholars in grades K-2 in learning about disaster preparedness including fires, lightning, tornadoes, floods and general preparedness. Download any of the activities...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: El Nino Teaching Box
This Teaching Box combines readings and activities to build student understanding of the changes that happen during an El Nino event.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Flash Floods Teaching Box
This teaching box is filled with explorations and readings that help secondary learners learn the science of flash flooding.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Ocean Activity Ideas
Explore ocean habitats, learn about the extreme weather of the ocean and examine environmental threats to the ocean. Conduct experiments on buoyancy and osmosis, and research sailing and ocean-based industry.
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,...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Impact of Natural Disasters on the Earth
Through demonstrations and other research, students explore the impact of various natural disasters on the earth. The disasters include floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Tornado!
Students learn about tornadoes - their basic characteristics, damage and occurrences. Students are introduced to the ways that engineers consider strong winds, specifically tornadoes, in their design of structures. Also, students learn...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Hurricane Tracking
Students track and plot hurricanes paths for study.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Do You Really Want to Visit the Arctic?
This jigsaw activity is designed for students to become familiar with several datasets of Arctic weather data, collected in Eureka on Ellesmere Island. Students join a role-playing activity to read and interpret graphs while considering...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F if Telling a Story With Graphs
For this task, students are presented with three weather-related graphs - on temperature, solar radiation, and precipitation. They are asked to describe the function represented in each graph and tell a more detailed story using...