WEATHER

WEATHER .....
OR NOT!

Whittier Students investigate the Weather

Students Teachers     Weather Events    Weather Instruments Weather Cams
Weather Definitions Weather Experiments   Weather Careers    Ask an Expert
Weather Unit Overview    Weather Unit Objectives Student Assignments
Weather Forecasts Weather Buddies    Weather Folklore    Fun Weather Facts
Weather Books Weather Quiz    Weather Calculator    Weather Fun
Free Weather Information    US Temperature Map    Farmer's Almanac

STUDENTS	GENERAL INFORMATION
Weather Unit Overview You will learn, explore, and observe many interesting things about weather. You may choose to collaborate with scientists and other students from around the world via the Internet. You may choose to play the role of a meteorologist: researching and observing data, measuring data, and making decisions about weather forecasting. You may choose to produce your own weather broadcast on television. You may choose to research various weather events and present a multimedia presentation with information gathered from a multitude of resources.	Weather Events Hurricanes Blizzards Snow Rain Tornadoes Hail Fog Rainbow El Nino/Nina
Student Assignments Possible activities for this unit are as follows, with the other members of your group- 1. Create a K-W-L chart. Brainstorm everything you know and would like to know about the weather. Add to the chart as you keep track of the things you learn as you work on this unit. 2. Use the Internet web page, textbooks, library books, encyclopedias, television weather reports, newspapers, CD-ROM encyclopedia, and any other resources to provide information for the various activities. 3. Create the necessary weather instruments needed to forecast weather. See your teacher for any supplies that you cannot locate at home. 4. Gather and organize weather data using charts, graphs, and/or spreadsheets. 5. Analyze and compare weather reports in the newspapers and various television stations to determine which is consistently the most accurate. 6. Create a multimedia presentation on one type of weather event (tornado, blizzard, hurricane, snow, rain, hail, etc.) 7. Create a crossword puzzle, Jeopardy game, flip book, or other tool to demonstrate your knowledge of weather vocabulary. 8. Communicate with an expert or weather buddies about weather topics or forecasts. 9. Plan and broadcast a schoolwide weather forecast. 10. Illustrate a piece of weather folklore or weather fun for the classroom newspaper weather section.	Weather Definitions Cloud Types Wind Humidity Fronts Forecast Evaporation/Condensation Meteorologist/Meteorology Radar Pressure Precipitation Weather Instruments Weather Station Barometer Anemometer Thermometer Hygrometer Wind Measurement Tools Rain Gauge Weather Vane Weather Experiments Lightning/Thunder Tornado Snow Ice Melting Contest Floating Flake
Weather Careers http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/pubs/careers.html http://www.weather.com/learn_more/meteorologist.html/	Ask an Expert
Weather Cams http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html http://members.aol.com/Accustiver/wxcam.htm http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/states/states.html http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html http://www.aws.com/corp/default.asp	Weather Forecasts http://www.weather.com http://www.spc.noaa.gov/ http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/ http://aws.com/ http://www.intellicast.com/weather/usa/ http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/index_corp http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm
Weather Folklore/Legends/Myths http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3805/myths/myth.htm http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadMeteorology.html http://www.wxdude.com/proverb.html http://members.aol.com/Accustiver/wxworld_folk.html	Weather Buddies
Fun Weather Facts http://www.wxdude.com/ http://www.usatoday.com/weather/askjack/waskfun.htm	Weather Books http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3805/books/books~1.htm http://www.wxdude.com/books.html
Weather Fun http://www.nwlink.com/~wxdude/topics.html http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3805/jokes/joke_menu.htm http://www.wxdude.com/basics.html	Online GREAT SITES http://www.wxdude.com/kidres.html http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/b&m/bm_main.html http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/nwspub.htm
Weather Quiz http://www.wxdude.com/question.html	Free Weather Information to Order http://www.wxdude.com/basics.html
Weather Calculator	US Current Temperature Map http://vortex.plymouth.edu/ustemp.gif
Farmer's Almanac

Weather Events Hurricane http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/curric/weather/storms/ http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/hurricane/ http://www.onesky.umich.edu/hurricanes98/index.html http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/cane.html http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/hurricbro.html Blizzard http://nesen.unl.edu/webstuff/swik/wstips.html http://www..nsidc.colorado.edu/NSIDC/EDUCATION Tornado http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/researchitems/tornadoes.html http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/tornado/ http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/013tornado/index.html http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/tornado.html http://nesen.unl.edu/webstuff/swik/ttips.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/world/9704/tornado http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wtwist0.htm Snow http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/snow.html http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wrisnow.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wsnocrys.htm http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/100897.html http://www.sidc.colorado.edu/NSIDC/EDUCATION/SNOW Rain http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/showers.html http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wrndriz.htm http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/ El Nino/La Nina http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/el_nino.html http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wetnino/wetnino.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/nino/wnino0.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/nino/wnlanina.htm Hail http://www.usatoday.com/weather/askjack/wahail.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/whail/whail.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wds9.htm Fog http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/fog.html http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wfallfog/wfallfog.htm Rainbow http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/rnbw.html http://www.deltatech.com/rainbowx.html http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~rywang/magic_small/rainbows.html	Weather Instruments http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wmeasur0.htm Weather Station http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weatherstation.html Barometer http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Experiment14.htm http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/barometer.html Anemometer http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Experiment10.htm http://SLN.FI.EDU/tfi/units/energy/dixie.html Thermometer http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Experiment9.htm http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/thermometerread.html http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/lessons http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/temperat.htm Hygrometer http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Experiment15.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whairhyg.htm Wind Measurement Tools http://k12unix.larc.nasa.gov/flyingstart/buildwindsock.html http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Experiment13.htm http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/windstreamer.html http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/windchime.html http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/windscale.html Rain Gauge http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/rainmeasure.html Weather Vane http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Experiment12.htm
Weather Definitions Cloud Types http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/curric/weather/pricloud http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/clouds/html/oldhome.html http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wcloud0.htm http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/clouds.htm Wind http://sln.fi.edu//tfi/units/energy/video.html Humidity http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wwater0.htm http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/humidity.html http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whumdef.htm Fronts http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/frnts http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/cold.html http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wcfront/wcfront.htm Forecast http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wforcst0.htm http://www.usatoday.com/weather/askjack/waforcst.htm Evaporation/Condensation http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wevapcon Meteorologist/Meteorology http://www.met.fsu.edu/explores/methist.html http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/pubs/careers.html Radar http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/pubs/careers.html#toc5 http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/radar.htm Pressure http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wstorm0.htm http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/pressure.htm Precipitation http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/precipitation.html	Weather Experiments Lightning/Thunder http://nesen.unl.edu/swik/swikproject.html#TLE: Mico-Bolt http://nesen.unl.edu/swik/swikproject.html#TLE: Thunder Away http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/lessons/l4.hts?id=2730&core=3&course_num=3010&std=5 Tornado http://nesen.unl.edu/webstuff/swik/swikproject.html#TE: Tornado Bottle http://home.ucar.edu/ucargen/education/tornado.html Snow http://nesen.unl.edu/webstuff/swik/swikgame.html#Snow Fight Ice Melting Contest http://nesen.unl.edu/webstuff/swik/swikgame.html#Snow Fight Floating Flake http://nesen.unl.edu/swik/swikproject.html#WSE: Floating Flake

TEACHERS
Weather Unit Objectives Students will be able to: 1. Compare cloud types and types of weather conditions associated with each. 2. Describe how different types of air masses are formed and what happens when air masses meet. 3. Compare and contrast the kinds of weather associated with tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and blizzards and the effects on man and landforms. 4. Explain what humidity is and how it is measured. 5. Explain how meteorologists use observable weather conditions to predict the weather. 6. Create and use weather instruments to organize, gather, record, and utilize data to create and broadcast weather forecasts.	Lesson Ideas and Resources Nebraska Earth Science Foundation http://nesen.unl.edu/swik/ Weather Resources for Teachers and Parents http://www.wxdude.com/parents.html One Sky Many Voices--University of Michigan http://groundhog.sprl.umich.edu/ Weather Software http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/software.html UM Weather: USA Weather http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/states/states.html

Web page created by C. Meyer.
October 23, 2000

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