[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How heat is transferred in the atmosphere.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How heat is transferred in the atmosphere.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of temperature and heat.

How do greenhouse gases affect the climate? Explore the atmosphere during the ice age and today.

The University of Oklahoma explores numerous types of weather and atmospheric changes, as well as the reasons behind them. Content details the four seasons, common meteorological variables, the vertical structure of the atmosphere, how...

Weather is all around us. We can see it, feel it, touch it, hear it, and even taste it. Weather is the condition of the atmosphere with respect to temperature, humidity, wind, and other factors. Some of the many weather conditions...

Use this site to explore real scientific data relating to the atmosphere. With this information you can gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions. Click on the data examples to view a full scale version.

In this activity, students will observe the effect of the gases resulting from a burned fossil fuel on the heat absorption of air and determine the ability of phytoplankton to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. This activity is...

In this activity, students investigate how different surfaces absorb heat and apply their experience with the surfaces to interpret real-world situations. From this information, they come to understand that the physical characteristics...

This simple demonstration helps students understand the concept of conduction. Site includes background information, images, and lesson plans outlining the demonstration of conduction.

This site provides background information, images, and an activity to help students understand the concept of radiation. Includes both the student pages and a teachers guide with lesson plan.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The balance of heat entering and exiting Earth's atmosphere.

Use this interactive infographic to learn about the function of greenhouse gases, and how they affect heat in the atmosphere.

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.

How would you define an ecosystem? Check out this educational resource to learn more about the living and nonliving parts of different ecosystems.

A great description of the global scale circulation and heat energy. Discusses a single-cell model, a three-cell model, jet streams and more.

A virtual lab to look at the physical features of Earth that affect the amount of the Sun's energy that hits Earth. Students investigate how solar and infrared radiations enters and leaves the atmosphere with this model. Virtual lab...

This site from the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research provides a lengthy page covering numerous topics including the difference between heat and temperature, the use of different temperature scales, thermal expansion, how a...

Wikipedia offers information on convection, the transfer of heat by the motion of or within a fluid. Includes table of contents, image, and formulas.

A lab where students will construct their own small greenhouse out of a plastic container, plastic wrap, and different materials to observe the effect this has on temperature. Data is collected, graphed, and saved online to be graded by...

This activity is meant to be one of many common experiences that help students understand that convection is a major driving force on our planet.

A diagram which shows how the process of atmospheric and ocean circulation works. It features such important terms as precipitation, evaporation, sublimation, snow, accumulation, wind redistribution, melt, runoff, heat, ice flow and...

Young scholars explore the urban heat island effect with My World GISTM and GLOBE Program surface temperature student data. After completing this chapter, students will be able to successfully download GLOBE Program datasets in the...

This ClimateGateway.com site provides information on what climate change is as well as the factors that affect global climate.