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This website is a multimedia learning tool design to teach elementary school age students how to report and predict the weather. The site’s infrastructure presents the information with bright colors and animation, and features printable student hand-outs and teacher guidelines. The linked simulation is conceptually clear, well designed and developmentally appropriate. This website’s simulation will give students a combined visual approach, via the interactive simulation, and an auditory approach by the embedded sound narration.
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/index.htm
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This site contains short animations that illustrate weather terms. Information is presented using bright colors and animated action and is conceptually clear, well designed and developmentally appropriate for upper elementary school students. Teachers can insert this animation into their interactive presentations and/or assign the site to students to use on their own.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/aboutweather/flash_menu.shtml
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California Farm Weather presents forecasts up to 10 days with emphasis on temperature and precipitation for 99 locations in 10 California sections. Satellite and radar images of west central and the whole U.S. are accessible.
http://www.cfbf.com/weather/index.cfm
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Access lesson plans for two levels of students - Cadets and Experts. These levels include lessons for grades 2 to 12. Lessons include climate, hurricanes, clouds, thunderstorms, El Nino, forecasting and blizzards. Each lesson includes an online quiz.
http://weathereye.kgan.com/lounge/index.html
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Here is a collection of resources for grades K-12 related to climate and weather concepts with an emphasis on the Arctic. The resources include lesson plans, multimedia presentations, biographies of research scientists, and a database of weather data collected by students.
http://www.arcticclimatemodeling.com/index.html
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Learn about weather and climate systems, with an emphasis on the Arctic regions. There are lesson suggestions and multimedia resources for a range of grade levels. There are biographies of the scientists who contribute to the project, and students in Alaska can contribute to the database on snow (although everyone can view the data).
http://arcticclimatemodeling.org/index.html
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Hurricanes, winter storms, tornadoes, floods, thunderstorms, lightning, and other fun stuff have links on this page. Click on a topic to find slide presentations, activities, games, safety tips, and related sites.
http://www.weather.gov/om/reachout/kidspage.shtml
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This is the Education section of NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory. There are links to many resources, including a description (primer) of severe weather events, weather "lessons" with descriptions of weather maps, storm safety sheets, career information, and informational coloring books for younger students.
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/
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Click on "Weather Basics" for information and activities about weather concepts for younger students. You can even get words to the companion songs and hear an audio clip of the music. There is also a quiz to share with your students.
http://www.wxdude.com/index.htm
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Be your own neighborhood weather forecaster with Franklin's Forecast, an online exhibit about weather forecasting. Build your own weather station, learn about today's sophisticated weather technologies, and check the weather right now.
http://sln.fi.edu/weather/index.html
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What Is a Weather Map?
Weather maps show weather data for a large area. Use these web pages to look at current weather maps. Learn how to read the maps and see how these maps help us to predict the weather.
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