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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Positive Weather Reports

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reviewing local weather reports, students will think about whether the presentation of the reports is driving folks to not participate in outdoor activities. The class will create new weather reports that will turn negative weather...
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Other

Weather Underground: The Authority in Expert Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Weather maps, forecasts, radar, NEXRAD, satellite images, and lifestyle weather reports for the United States and world. Includes Dr. Dewpoint and Weather 101 sections for educational use.
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Stanford University

The Daily Martian Weather Report

For Students 9th - 10th
Brought to you by the Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team. Photos, charts and weather reports on the Martian atmosphere. Includes an education outreach program for students and teachers.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Weather Detectives

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is an introductory lesson to a second grade weather unit. The students will be observing the weather each day for one week and recording their observations in a chart. The students will be integrating information from the Internet...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Are Weather Reports?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what a typical weather reports contains, and why it is important to viewers.
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National Weather Service

Noaa: National Weather Service: Massachusetts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes weather summaries, hourly weather reports, zone forecasts, weather watches, warnings and advisories etc.
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NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Oregon

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes weather summaries, hourly weather reports, zone forecasts, weather watches, warnings and advisories etc.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Unidata: Conventional Weather Reports

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource talks about how the stations report their information. Several examples of how different universities compile the information are provided.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Weather: A Journey in Nonfiction

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.
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Other

Weather Online: Climates of the World: Austria

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Austria's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
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Other

Weather Online: Climate of the World: Luxemburg

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Luxemburg's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
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Other

Weather Online: Climates of the World: Switzerland

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Switzerland's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
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Other

The Weather Company: The Weather Underground

For Students 9th - 10th
Source of weather maps, forecasts, images, and data for the world. Maps include temperature, radar, visibility, wind, heat index, wind chill, humidity, and dew point.
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NOAA

Noaa: Be a Citizen Weather Reporter [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Report the local weather to your community after deciding which data to collect and reading some of the National Weather Service's forecasting tips for amateur weather reporters.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Recording Local Weather

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will measure, record, graph and report changes in local weather utilizing Navajo, Ute, and Spanish words.
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Other

The Weather Underground

For Students 9th - 10th
A very thorough weather site that opens with information about the U.S. but, can easily access other parts of the world. Can be viewed in numerous languages and has many interesting links.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: A Weather Watch Lesson for Grades Pre K 2

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students focus on observing weather patterns and reporting what they see. They also learn about different types of clouds and how each type is related to weather conditions. The related activity is no longer available.
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Other

Weather.com (En Espanol)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Spanish version of "The Weather Channel" is very complete. Simply put in the name of any city in the world and get that city's forecast, in Spanish, for the next few days. Other links make this site very complete.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 4 18 16: Measuring Raindrops From Space

For Students 5th - 8th
Article reports on why measuring the size of raindrops from space may help improve weather predictions. Includes video.
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Everything ESL

Be a Weather Reporter!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young students will have much fun with this lesson plan. Use the "Weather Turtle" which is downloadable to talk about the weather and report it.
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NOAA

Noaa: Education Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to earth science sites, including safety tips, fun activities, general earth science information, and daily weather reports and more.
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CNN

Cnn en Espanol: Tiempo

For Students 9th - 10th
This Spanish version of CNN gives a nice, compact site to access the weather of all hispanic countries and many of cities within them. Additional informative links available.
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Other

Climates of the World Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, comprehensive site providing information about Germany's climate and weather. It also contains links to other countries' climate websites.
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Other

France 3: Meteo

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides weather reports from France - different cities, regions and other French possessions overseas are accessible. Satellite images and air quality indexes are also available.

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