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Weather Vocabulary
In this weather worksheet, 3rd graders study words pertaining to all aspects of weather. Students respond to 19 questions, matching the vocabulary words on the left with the correct definition on the right.
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Making Predictions
In this predicting outcomes worksheet, learners use the information they already know and what the author is telling them to make a prediction. Students read several short passages and then write their predictions on the line.
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Beach Zonation
Students identify and separate the different zones of the beach by observation. They investigate beach zonation by gathering and comparing sand samples gathered from different areas of the beach.
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ESOL Safety and Security
Students discuss preparation and procedures for natural disasters. They discuss safety procedures for each natural disaster and then share their own personal experiences with natural disasters.
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Weather Journal Log
Students discuss the weather each day and log it on a class chart for a month.
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Student Weather Journal
Students recognize different types of cloud patterns and associate these patterns with certain types of weather. They predict the weather for the next 6 to 24 hours. They then improve their observation skills as they check on the weather...
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Finding Errors
Students explore editing, proofreading and correcting their writing. They discuss the various editing marks. Students practice proofreading, editing and correcting sentences they have written.
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Wild Weather Vocabulary Review
In this weather vocabulary learning exercise, students are given 15 weather word definitions, and determine each word that is defined. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "The Snow Storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of the poem "The Snow-storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Community Learning Network
Community Learning Network: Blizzards and Snow Theme Page
Come and learn more about blizzards and snow storms through this collection of resources. This site offers a wide variety of links to increase your knowledge of this powerful force of nature.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Natural Hazards: Severe Storms
Browse pictures of severe storms, such as blizzards, cyclones, ice storms, and typhoons, while exploring the causes and often dangerous effects of these natural weather phenomena.
USA Today
Usa Today: How Winter Storms Bring Rain, Ice and Snow
A great diagram of precipitation and what forms at different degrees. A short description on the formation of rain, snow, and sleet.
Other
City Source: Blizzard of 1816 & 1888
Read about the blizzard of 1816 and 1888. You will also find out about the snow in New England.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Winter Storms
If you're looking for blizzard and other snow storm information, this site's worth investigating. Find out what conditions form blizzards as well as the damage they cause.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Will It Rain, Sleet, or Snow?
Can you predict if it will rain, sleet, or snow? Test your forecasting skills.
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Web Gallery of Art: Snow Storm, Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps
An image of "Snow Storm, Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps", created by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1812 (Oil on canvas, 145 x 236,5 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Snow Storm: Steam Boat Off a Harbour's Mouth
An image of "Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth", created by Joseph Mallord William Turner, c. 1842 (Oil on canvas, 91 x 122 cm).
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Snowstorm Clues
Explore how weather can change during snowstorms in this slideshow produced by WGBH. The images show the progression of snowstorms from a light flurry to a steady snow to a blizzard to conditions after a storm ends. Students can use the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Precipitation on the Planet
Precipitation affects many aspects of our lives, from drinking water and food to devastating rain or snow storms. NASA gathered information from satellites to study factors that influence precipitation. View these narrated and unnarrated...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
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...
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling
Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? This unit contains four separate lesson sets built around answering this question. In the first two lesson sets, learners explain small-scale storms. In the third...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Snowstorms
Hoping for a snow day? Consider the meteorological circumstances that would be needed for you to get your wish.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: What Forces Affect Our Weather?
A great starting point for learning about the weather and for finding help starting your own investigation of what affects the weather. Site is organized into the following sections: "The Atmosphere," "The Water Cycle," "Powerful...