American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Look Up! Observing Weather
To get a better idea of how meteorologists make weather predictions, students will begin their own weather journals and make rain gauges.
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Siemens Science Day: Earth Science: How's the Weather? [Pdf]
Students make their own weather station by using homemade version of real weather measurement equipment and use their equipment to make observations and predictions about the local weather.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere
In this unit, students learn the basics about weather and the atmosphere. They investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and the choices available to us for clothing to counteract the effects of weather. Students have...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Weather Walks
In this multi-day, young scholars will learn weather through multisensory approaches. Students will make daily predictions. After each daily prediction, they will collect measurement and observational data by taking walks in different...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Maps
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How meteorologists create and read weather maps.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Weather or Not
Simple experiments for exploring clouds and cloud formation. You'll find out whether dust in the air helps cloud formation and discuss how dust helps meteorologists make weather predictions.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Predicting the Weather
Here's a good way to get yourself on TV. This science fair project will help you learn how to predict the weather. So who knows, maybe you'll be more accurate than your local meteorologist.
USA Today
Usa Today Weather: Using Winds and a Barometer to Make Forecasts
Describes the ways in which wind direction and barometric pressure can be used by the amateur weather forecaster to make predictions about the weather.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Weather: Forecasting
Covers a variety of forecasting-related topics including storms, snow and ice, and the tools meteorologists use to make predictions.
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Amazing Kids! Magazine: Predicting the Weather
Learn about how weather predictions can be made by different instruments in this article.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Weather Detectives
This is an introductory lesson to a second grade weather unit. The students will be observing the weather each day for one week and recording their observations in a chart. The students will be integrating information from the Internet...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: New Tool to Enhance Weather Forecasters' Skills
Site talks about how to advance meteorology in Africa. The goal is to improve daily and seasonal rainfall predictions.
Center for Educational Technologies
Exploring the Environment: Weather Forecasting
Information and resources from this site will help you to predict weather conditions in your community.
Other
Pete's Potpourri: Numerical Weather Prediction in Faq
This site discusses weather forecast computer modeling, or numerical weather prediction (NWP). It also discusses the development of the concept of front and air masses, as well as which computer forecast models are currently being used...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Weather Forecasting, Online Meteorology Guide
Accurate and timely weather forecasting is necessary to protect people and property. Methods of forecasting a presented.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Ww2010: Weather Forecasting
Explains various techniques used in weather forecasting including persistence, surface features, temperature, and precipitation.
National Weather Service
National Weather Service:climate Prediction Center: Daily Precipitation Analysis
Find real-time daily precipitation analysis for the United States, Mexico, and South America as well as accumulated precipitation maps for the past 30 or 90 days.
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Prediction in Cold Regions Network [Pdf]
IP3 members conduct research into cold climates. One of their thrusts is to study how to better predict future weather in cold regions. This downloadable brochure describes their work and why it is important for the Canadian economy.
NASA
Nasa: Trends of Snow Cover and Temperature in Alaska
This lesson plan allows students to use NASA satellite data observations with surface measurements of snow in Alaska. Students will be able to make scientific predictions, find data correlations, and learn about data collection methods.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Icy Winter Weather
When meteorologists forecast a winter storm one of the important predictions they make is the type, or types, of precipitation that are likely to fall. Will freezing rain cause an ice storm? Will ice pellets called sleet leave the ground...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Weather Forecasting Over 200 Years
Read a brief synopsis of how weather forecasting has changed over the past 200 years.
PBS
Pbs: Rough Science: Weather Station
PBS asks users to imagine that they are in the tropics and need to get a reliable weather forecast. It provides instructions on how to build a wind vane, construct a compass, make a barometer and find the dew point.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 4 18 16: Measuring Raindrops From Space
Article reports on why measuring the size of raindrops from space may help improve weather predictions. Includes video.
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather Page: Forecasting
Find out about the art and science of forecasting at this site from Dan's Wild Weather Page.