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What factors contribute to a thunder storm? To a hurricane? To a drought? Weather has many components that affect each other to produce different weather patterns.
Sample some of the following activities to learn more about weather systems.
People
To See Things To Do Teacher
Resources Bibliography
Places To GoThe following are places to go (some real and some virtual) to find out about weather systems.
National Weather Service
All weather forecasts come from information collected from this national website.
All weather forecasts come from information collected from this national website.
Pikes Peak Cam
In case you're curious, you can find out what the temperature, humidity, and wind speed right this very minute are at Pike's Peak. By the way, what is Pike's Peak famous for in American history?
In case you're curious, you can find out what the temperature, humidity, and wind speed right this very minute are at Pike's Peak. By the way, what is Pike's Peak famous for in American history?
People To SeeDan's
Wild Wild Weather Page
Meet meteorologist Dan Satterfield who broadcasts from Huntsville, Alabama. The site has all kinds of weather information and you can even ask Dan a question.
Meet meteorologist Dan Satterfield who broadcasts from Huntsville, Alabama. The site has all kinds of weather information and you can even ask Dan a question.
EPA:
Global Warming Kids Site
Meet the Climate Detectives who are searching for clues to help them understand how weather works.
Meet the Climate Detectives who are searching for clues to help them understand how weather works.
Luke Howard: The Man Who Named The Clouds
Meet Luke Howard. In 1802, he devised a system of naming clouds that is still used by meteorologists today.
Meet Luke Howard. In 1802, he devised a system of naming clouds that is still used by meteorologists today.
Wilson A Bentley
Wilson A. Bentley is also known as Snowflake Bentley because of his work photographing snow and rain.
Wilson A. Bentley is also known as Snowflake Bentley because of his work photographing snow and rain.
Things To DoBuild
Your Own Weather Instruments
This site provides links to directions for building rain gauges, anemometers, psychrometers, wind streamers, temperature graphs, and rainfall graphs. Click the links for free instructions and plans.
This site provides links to directions for building rain gauges, anemometers, psychrometers, wind streamers, temperature graphs, and rainfall graphs. Click the links for free instructions and plans.
CNN
Weather
Find the temperature today of the city where one of your relatives lives. From this site, you can enter their zip code to receive current conditions, a 4-day forecast, and weather maps.
Find the temperature today of the city where one of your relatives lives. From this site, you can enter their zip code to receive current conditions, a 4-day forecast, and weather maps.
Make
a Weather Station
Find directions for many simple weather experiments using materials that are readily available.
Find directions for many simple weather experiments using materials that are readily available.
Making
a Weather Station
Locate directions for weather explorations such as making a barometer, a hygrometer, a rain guage, a weather vane, and more. It's part of the Franklin Science Institure Weather Page.
Locate directions for weather explorations such as making a barometer, a hygrometer, a rain guage, a weather vane, and more. It's part of the Franklin Science Institure Weather Page.
The
Weather Dude
Take weather quizzes here. See how you do. There are features sections for kids, parents, and teachers as well as a weather glossary - Weather A to Z. You can email your weather-relatedquestions to this weather dude.
Take weather quizzes here. See how you do. There are features sections for kids, parents, and teachers as well as a weather glossary - Weather A to Z. You can email your weather-relatedquestions to this weather dude.
Teacher Resources Online Activities/Hotlists are a listing of internet
sites with fun, interesting, and educational tasks attached to each one.
(You can learn how to use this WWW
Activities tool created by UEN for Utah educators).
Lesson Plans/Webquests
- Climate Controls
- Collecting and Examining Weather Data
- Exploring Weather Conditions Through Painting
- How's the Weather Today?
- Recreating
the Greenhouse Effect
- Tornadoes and Technology
- Twisted Tornadoes and Horrid Hurricanes
- UEN - Air Has Pressure
- UEN - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- UEN - Gathering Weather Information
- UEN - What's the Weather
- Weather and Agriculture
- Weather Complaints
- Weather Watchers
- What's Up with the Weather?
Bibliography
- Bramwell, Martyn. Weather. New York: Franklin Watts, c1994.
- Casey, Denise. Weather Everywhere. New York: Macmillan Books for Young Readers, c1995.
- Craig, M. Jean. Questions and Answers About Weather. New York: Scholastic, 1996.
- Eden, Philip. Weather Facts. London; New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
- Humphrey, Paul. Weather. London; New York: Children's Press, 1997.
- Kahl, Jonathan D. Weather Watch: Forecasting the Weather. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, c1996.
- Taylor, Barbara. Weather and Climate. New York: Kingfisher Books, 1993.