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Forecast the Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students analyze different weather conditions before creating their very own first-person report from the eye of a storm. They use maps to analyze different weather conditions, record an online weather script and write a first-person...
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Weather- Online Research

For Students 4th - 6th
In this online weather research worksheet, students search for answers about winds, storms, clouds, and define the equinox and solstice. They use the links provided on the page to find the information.
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The Effects of Storms

For Students 7th - 8th
An excellent way to review a chapter or unit on storms, this worksheet features vocabulary review (gust, evacuation, storm surge, salinity), concept review (effects and details about hurricanes), skills/process review (normal high tide...
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Weather Fun Facts

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, learners investigate fun facts about weather by reading 25 short paragraphs about weather, storms, climate and geography. Students complete a crossword puzzle about weather.
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Flipping Over Our Weather Reports

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create their own weather report. In this weather lesson, students work in groups to predict the weather for three days and create their own video. They have a director, camera-person, still cameraman, and two weathermen. 
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Erosion in Different Soils

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe and identify the effects of weathering and geological activities. They take part in an excellent hands-on group activity called "Erosion Race," in which each group tries to simulate erosion of soil in the quickest...
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Predicting Storms and Weather

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars use weather pattern worksheets to research how weather is predicted. In this weather prediction lesson plan, students predict the weather based on the wind, rain, currents, and other patterns.
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Storm Seekers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore storms and compare the similarities and differences of hurricanes and tornadoes through the use of a Venn diagram. They conduct interviews as part of their research into the myths and legends of storms.
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Severe Weather Trackers

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students explore weather terminology and the jobs that are associated with it.  In this weather lesson students write about thunderstorms and make a tornado. 
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Eye of the Storm Scavenger Hunt

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this storms worksheet, students access the Internet to a specific website to research the answers to five short answer questions associated with a variety of different types of storms.
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Severe Winter Weather

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, in groups, investigate and demonstrate the science behind the development and characteristics of winter storms by creating a weather report.
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Storm Clouds-- Fly over a Late Winter Storm onboard a NASA Earth Observing Satellite

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study cloud data and weather maps to explore cloud activity.  In this cloud data lesson students locate latitude and longitude coordinates and determine cloud cover percentages. 
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Air Under Pressure

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Introduce your class to air masses and how they affect the weather with a lesson that focuses on the differences between high and low air pressure systems. The class explores actual weather data using archived weather data.
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How Do Storms Influence Our Lives?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate the various ways storms influence our lives. They conduct Internet research, identify the characteristics of different storms, plot storm coordinates, and write a report on a particular storm.
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Thunderstorms and Lightning

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, in groups, investigate and demonstrate the science behind the development of lightning and thunderstorms.
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Weather Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study weather and focus on specific dance concepts. They are introduced to different ty es of clouds and how they are formed. Next, they study wind and why it occurs.
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Storms and Extreme Weather

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars explore hurricanes and tornadoes by conducting an experiment. In this weather pattern lesson, students define many extreme weather vocabulary terms and discuss the relationship with static electricity. Young scholars...
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Weather Alert

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Every time a bell rings ... there is lightning in the area. The activity provides directions to build a model of a lightning detection system. Similar to a system designed by Benjamin Franklin, the system uses static electricity to...
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Association of American Geographers

Project GeoSTART

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Investigate the fascinating, yet terrifying phenomenon of hurricanes from the safety of your classroom using this earth science unit. Focusing on developing young scientists' spacial thinking skills, these lessons engage learners in...
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NASA

How Does a Hurricane Form?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young meteorologists examine the formation of a hurricane in a resource focused on severe weather conditions. Once they learn that a hurricane is also a tropical cyclone, and detail the different levels associated with tropical storms,...
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Hurricanes 1: The Science Of Hurricanes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the science of hurricanes in an effort to highlight how forces change the speed and direction of motion. They list facts about hurricanes; including insights about the formation, movement, and impact hurricanes...
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Weather Crossword Puzzle Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this weather vocabulary worksheet, students read 20 clues pertaining to storms and weather science. Students fit answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Weather

For Students 6th - 8th
For this earth science worksheet, students use the clues given at the bottom of the sheet to solve the crossword puzzle related to weather. They identify various cloud types and how they are formed. Students also identify atmospheric...
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Weather: You Like It or Not

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the importance of and flaws in weather prediction, and prepare their own weather report on a specific type of storm.