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University of Windsor: Climates on a Rotating Earth
This site offers the text of a college lecture on the atmosphere, with information on the effect prevailing westerlies have on North America.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth System: El Nino's Influence on Hurricane Formation
This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how and where hurricanes develop. Learn how El Nino events alter the course of atmospheric circulation. Includes background reading material and discussion...
King's Centre for Visualization in Science
Explaining Climate Change: Lesson 1: Introduction to Earth's Climate
This is the first lesson in a series of learning modules on the topic of climate change. It explores Earth's unique climate and atmosphere, regional climate differences, and temporal climate differences. Includes comprehension questions...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Global Climate Change: Understanding the Greenhouse Effect
Students study past climate change, explore the effect of greenhouse gases on Earth's atmosphere today, and consider human impact on global warming.
USA Today
Usa Today Weather: Understanding Storms and Fronts
Discusses air pressure, fronts, and storm formation. Links on page to well-illustrated and animated additional information.
NOAA
Noaa: Education Resources
Links to earth science sites, including safety tips, fun activities, general earth science information, and daily weather reports and more.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Should We Talk About the Weather?
Discover how scientists use the BOREAS to gather data such as heat, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and more to see what role these levels have on climate changes.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Climate and Weather Systems
This online lecture covers topics of air pressure, density and temperature.
NOAA
Noaa: Pmel: Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project: Tao/triton Data Display
Resource features real-time data from moored ocean buoys for improved detection, understanding, and prediction of El Nino and La Nina with diagrams.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: Make Your Own Barometer
At this site from the Franklin Institute Online, you are given instructions how to make a simple barometer as part of an activity in which you make a weather station for observation.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: The Weather at High Altitudes
Learn about the air and weather that happens high up in the atmosphere.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Earth's Atmosphere
Kids learn about the science of the Earth's Atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, Oxygen, Nitrogen and more make up clouds and weather.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Mapping the Atmosphere
Learners explore weather maps to study the atmosphere.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Air Pressure and Wind: Under an Ocean of Air Pressure
Animated resource helps young researchers understand air pressure and how we measure it.
NOAA
Noaa: History: Weather Man Poems
This site from the NOAA contains several examples of poetry dedicated to the infamous "Weather Man."
NOAA
Noaa: Weather Prediction and Detection
Learn how the tools for weather prediction has changed in this article.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: From Gas to Rust: Measuring the Oxygen Content of Air
Earth's atmosphere, the ocean of air that blankets the planet, is mostly nitrogen and oxygen, with small amounts of other gases. How much oxygen is present in air at sea level? Is air high up in the Appalachians or Rockies? Atop Mount...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Make a Hygrometer With Strands of Hair
Does your hair go crazy when the weather turns damp? Did you know that strands of hair can relax and lengthen when the humidity increases and then contract again when the humidity decreases? In fact, hair strands can be used as the basis...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Surface Features to Consider When Forecasting
This site looks at the important surface features to consider when making a forecast. High pressure and atmospheric pressure is explained. Be sure to use the arrows at the bottom to navigate through this site.
Other
Kites as Education: Wind Origins
This "kite science" site offers information on wind and the atmospheric conditions that cause it. From "Principles of Aeronautics."
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Rachel Pike: The Science Behind a Climate Headline
In this brief video tutorial, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of some of the methods that scientists are using today to study climate change and Earth's atmosphere. [4:14]
Other
Cornerstone Networks: Fourth Grade Science Lesson 1
This site, designed as a fourth-grade lesson plan, focuses on the earth's atmosphere with information on prevailing winds.
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Heat Transfer
A discussion from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey of the thermal factors effecting the movement of air masses in the atmosphere. Numerous topics such as methods of heat transfer, latent heat, phase changes (including sublimation and...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Fact Sheet for El Nino
This site from the Univ. Corp. for Atmospheric Research provides detailed information on El Nino and its effects on the trade winds is offered at this site, with satellite photos.