Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Magic School Bus Dries Up

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students work in small groups to find out if foods they eat contain water.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Advanced Matching--Weather

For Students 3rd - 5th
Here's a simple matching worksheet to help ELL learners practice weather related vocabulary words. Learners match the weather vocabulary word on the right with the correct definition on the left.
Worksheet
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K12 Reader

Extreme Weather

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
What is thunder? After reading a short article about extreme weather, middle schoolers must use information in the text to explain this weather phenomenon.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Grandma Thinks It's Cake Baking Weather

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of Patricia Polacco's book "Thunder Cake" to explain how daily life has changed over the past 150 years.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather Forecast

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the vocabulary for making statements about the weather in various cities. They respond with the use of the appropriate interpretive strategies to show the directions in the taget language for placing weather symbols on...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension-Grade 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grade 2 reading comprehension instructional activity, students read several short passages, answering 1-3 multiple choice comprehension questions after each. Answers are included.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Thermochemistry

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this thermochemistry worksheet, students calculate the enthalpy of vaporization as well as the write the thermochemical expression for the production of the chemical reaction.
Website
Other

K 3 Learning Pages: Web Resources Thunderstorms

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Check out this comprehensive list of web resources on thunderstorms and safety. Students and teachers will benefit from the links found on this site.
Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Hail and Rain

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how hail is produced. You will discover the relationship between hail and thunderstorms.
Website
USA Today

Usa Today: Understanding Clouds and Fog

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different kinds of clouds, their location in the sky, how they form, their influence on the weather, and unusual cloud shapes.
Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Thunderstorms

For Students 9th - 10th
Right now there are about two thousand thunderstorms going on around the world. While common, they can be dramatic with intense rain, hail, wind, lightning, thunder, and even tornadoes.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: April Showers

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about rain, thunderstorms, and rainbows in the spring. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Severe Storms

For Students 9th - 10th
This site talks about severe storms. Topics include the dangers of thunderstorms, types of thunderstorms, components of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and modeling.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to our planet's structure and its dynamic system of natural forces through an examination of the natural hazards of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, floods and tornados, as well as avalanches, fires,...
Website
Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Precipitation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about what causes precipitation and perform activities that teaches how precipitation forms.
PPT
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Severe Weather

For Students K - 1st
Observe various severe weather phenomena in this image gallery from WGBH. Weather is the combination of factors -- temperature, wind, snow or rain, and sunlight and clouds -- that happen in a specific place at a specific time. Sometimes...
Website
USA Today

Usa Today: Rising Air Creates Spring, Summer Ice

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives you basic information on hail. There are links at the bottom of the page to how hail forms, how updrafts breed hail and thunderstorms.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Weather

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will learn about the six common weather conditions: sunshine, wind, rain, snow, fog, and thunderstorms.
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Thunder Clouds [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
A worksheet regarding rain, clouds, thunder and lightening.
Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Weather Fronts

For Students 3rd - 8th
When a front passes over an area, it means a change in the weather. Many fronts cause weather events such as rain, thunderstorms, gusty winds and tornadoes.