El Nino and Rainfall

Students explain what El Nino is, where it is located and how it is created. They describe the weather changes caused by El Nino. They draw the patterns of El Nino on a world map. They predict economic effects El Nino has on the areas it...

Students analyze the impact the ocean and its currents have on weather. In this oceans and weather activity, students analyze data comparing inland and coastal weather, and analyze satellite data for evidence of El Nino.

Students conduct an experiment.  In this El Nino lesson, students learn where El Nino storms come from, what they consist of and what effects they have.  Students also complete an experiment where they create a miniature El Nino.

El Nino, and the climate changes that go along with it, are the focus of this Earth Science instructional activity. Learners pay particular attention to the wind patterns that are established on Earth, and look at weather maps to see how...

For this online interactive geography skills worksheet, students answer 5 multiple choice questions regarding El Nino. Students may submit their answers to be scored.