Find out the causes of lightning, the strikes of lightning, the flashes, safety, and damage. Great place to have your questions about lightning answered.

Scientists have learned that when gusts of high-speed solar particles enter our atmosphere, the number of lightning bolts increases. Learn more about how this phenonemon works.

When was the very first lightning bolt detection device used? Find out and discover the evolution of the process.

Hair strands can be used as the basis for a hygrometer, a device which measures the humidity level in the air. The goal of this project is to determine whether chemical lightening treatments affect the natural elasticity of human hair.

Lightning is the most spectacular element of a thunderstorm. Learn how lightning forms, and how lightning leads to thunder.

Experience the acoustical shadow caused by a lightning bolt, and discover the dangers of a lightning storm.

Scientists have studied the data of lightning over many years. Look at their findings and what differences they observed during El Nino years.

Book summary and discussion guide for The Lightning Thief. Printable Student Handout available along with suggested answers.

Weather site highlights the severe weather occurrences of thunder and lightning. Click on the link to hear a music clip.

[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Polly Shulman's review of The Lightning Thief published in the New York Times. Quotations from the text are blue while summaries are red, and the reviewer's...

This activity will demonstrate the attraction of positive and negative charges and what happens when those opposite charges meet each other.

Before the Industrial Age, people relied on muscle power for moving and lifting heavy objects. Here's a project that shows you how you can use your head to make heavy lifting easier on your muscles - and your back.

Kids learn about electricity in nature the science of physics including lightning, animals, the human body, the Earth, and static electricity.

If it has to do with Benjamin Franklin, then you will probably find it here. There is much information about Franklin, his lightning experiment, Philadelphia, the Declaration, and more.

Right now there are about two thousand thunderstorms going on around the world. While common, they can be dramatic with intense rain, hail, wind, lightning, thunder, and even tornadoes.

Here's a comprehensive list of lesson plans offered by the National Weather Service covering the gamut of weather topics from the atmosphere to synoptic meterology. The plans include objectives, supplies necessary for the instructional...

This page from Carol Hurst's Children's Literature offers book reviews and planning help for an upper elementary unit on the Civil War. Includes information on books for teachers, books for students, easy-purchase links, and links to...

This is an activity using common household materials that will demonstrate a static electricity discharge.

Read about Rick Riordan's biography the author of children's books such as The Lightning Thief with Percy Jackson on this website.

Help Dracula find out about light waves by using a virtual radiometer.

Students examine Colorado's forces of nature. Some topics explored are tornadoes, floods, blizzards, and windstorms. Images and video clips are included.