This lesson plan is divided up into three activities, two of which take place outside. By the end of the lesson plan students will be able to describe weather conditions on a given day and some of the factors that contribute to them....

From anemometers to weather satellites this resource identifies several tools used in measuring or forecasting the weather.

On a windy day it is hard to keep your hat on. The power of the wind can even be strong enough to power large wind turbines to make electricity. In this experiment, find out how you can make your own instrument to measure the speed and...

Find out how scientists measure wind to help understand the weather.

To get a better idea of how meteorologists make weather predictions, students will begin their own weather journals and make rain gauges.

Explores the difference between weather and climate and how they are measured. Students will complete activities and construct a climate graph from raw data. They will also learn about the physical structure of the rainforest, its...

Find out about wind and jet streams and the tools that measure them.

Use this site to learn all about the instruments that are used to measure things related to weather.

Kids learn about wind including how it is formed, how it is measured, local and global winds including prevailing, westerlies, trade, and polar easterlies.

What is wind? How is it caused? This site offers simple answers to many common questions about wind as well as a chart of the Beaufort scale, which "is an empirical measure for the intensity of the weather based mainly on wind power."

Explains how dew point is used to show the amount of moisture in the air. Gives an activity for measuring the dew point at home.

Use this site to find out how humidity works and perform some activities related to humidity.

Students will learn the difference between global, prevailing and local winds. In this activity, students will make a wind vane out of paper, a straw and a soda bottle and use it to measure wind direction over time. Finally, they will...

In this hands-on weather lesson, 3rd graders design, build and use their own rain gauge to measure how much water falls during a rain storm.

Learn how to measure the direction and speed of wind.

Use a thermometer to measure the air temperature in several places around the school.

From superstitions to satellites, find out how weather instruments have helped people predict drought conditions through time.

Make your own anemometer like meteorologists use to measure the speed of wind. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what makes wind.

Over 100 handouts with answer sheets you can print and use to help build English vocabulary. Numerous topics and themes are covered: everyday words, math terms, seasonal and holiday words, geographical terms, animals, opposites, parts of...