Curated OER
Making Craters
Young scholars study craters and identify the different things that characterize craters. In this crater lesson students create a model of an impact crater.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Get the Picture Severe Weather
Students review graphs and charts of severe weather data then answer "True and False" questions about the content conveyed.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Torrents, Droughts, and Twisters Oh My!
Students review what scientists know and what they're working to understand about the relationship between extreme weather events and climate change.
NASA
Nasa: Precipitation Towers: Modeling Weather Data
This lesson uses stacking cubes as a way to graph precipitation data, comparing the precipitation averages and seasonal patterns for several locations. Variations on the lesson can accommodate various ages and ability levels. Students...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Weather in Texas [Pdf]
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson plan, they investigate typical Texas weather, significant weather events such as...
Other
American Red Cross: Masters of Disaster: Grades 6 8
This resource presents many science lessons with related activities for learners in grades 6-8. Content addresses tools for coping with disasters such as tornadoes, fires, lightning, floods and general preparedness.
Climate Literacy
Clean: A Global Issue: The Impacts of Climate Change
This is instructional activity five of a 9-instructional activity module. Activity explores the effects of climate change on different parts of the Earth system and on human well-being: polar regions, coral reefs, disease vectors,...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Ocean Activity Ideas
Explore ocean habitats, learn about the extreme weather of the ocean and examine environmental threats to the ocean. Conduct experiments on buoyancy and osmosis, and research sailing and ocean-based industry.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Differences Between Climate and Weather
In this activity, students collect weather data over several days or weeks, graph temperature data, and compare the temperature data collected with averaged climate data where they live.
Other
American Red Cross: Masters of Disaster: Grades 3 5
This resource provides many science lessons with related activities for children in grades 3-5 regarding disaster preparedness. The resource covers tornadoes, fires, lightning, floods and general preparedness information.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Introduction to Texas Hurricanes
In this activity, students are asked to graph data about some 20th century hurricanes that hit the Texas coastline. For each graph, they are asked several questions about any apparent correlation between the different variables. Students...
Other
American Red Cross: Masters of Disasters: Grades K 2
This resource presents many lessons with activities to engage young scholars in grades K-2 in learning about disaster preparedness including fires, lightning, tornadoes, floods and general preparedness. Download any of the activities...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: El Nino Teaching Box
This Teaching Box combines readings and activities to build student understanding of the changes that happen during an El Nino event.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Warnings From the Ice
Examine equipment used for cold-weather survival, identify pack items students consider essential and collaborate to plan a survival pack for severe Antarctic weather.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Do You Really Want to Visit the Arctic?
This jigsaw activity is designed for students to become familiar with several datasets of Arctic weather data, collected in Eureka on Ellesmere Island. Students join a role-playing activity to read and interpret graphs while considering...
NOAA
Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Aerial Photography & Mapping Lesson Plan: Images of Katrina
This activity from NOAA Ocean Service is about using aerial photographs to assess the impact of extreme weather events such as Hurricane Katrina. The activity features aerial views of Biloxi, MS post-Katrina and enables students to see...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Impact of Natural Disasters on the Earth
Through demonstrations and other research, students explore the impact of various natural disasters on the earth. The disasters include floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Hurricane Tracking
Students track and plot hurricanes paths for study.