Weather Web Sites

• The Art of Weather Forecasting
• Cloud Watching
  Combine science, art, and math with this lesson idea.
• Magnetic Storm NOVA
• Measuring Rainfall
  Kindergarten students will be keeping a weather calendar, playing rain games, forecasting weather, and learning about clouds and rain.
• Thunderstorms
  Students will learn about the forces behind a thunderstorm, and the stages of its progression
• Weather Reports from Space Solar flares and sunspot cycles-Students will examine solar storms and learn how they affect the Earth
• WebWeather for Kids
  Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become hot at forecasting the weather.
• What is the Weather Like?
  A huge resource with a complete, online fourth grade science textbook.
• Weather Songs
  Primary students can learn about weather basics with these thematic songs and poems.
• Weather Watch
  Super Site from Scholastic

Earthquakes

• Earthquake (Encyclopedia.com)
• Earthquakes National Geographic
• Earthquakes for Kids
  Facts, games, science projects, pictures, and more
• Earthquake Kidzone
  answers to your common earthquake question
• The Earthquake Game
  Grades K-3
• Musical Plates Quest
• Plate Tectonics - The Cause of Earthquakes
• Shake, Rattle & Roll
• USGS Earthquake Site
  Information on worldwide earthquake activity, earthquake science, and earthquake hazard reduction

Extreme Weather

• Severe Weather Unit
  Weather terminology, measurements, predictions, and weather patterns will be introduced to upper elementary students, middle, and high school students.

Hurricanes

• Hurricane Awareness from the National Hurricane Center
• Hurricane Basics NASA
• Hurricane Hunters
  Join this group of hunters who fly airplanes right into the eye of the hurricane.
• Hurricanes National Geographic
• Hurricane Pictures
  Visualizations produced at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center:
• Hurricane Questions Answered from USA Today.
• Inside a Hurricane
  Take an interactive tour inside the eye of the hurricane, and learn what makes these severe storms happen. Students will also learn how to make a hurricane spiral and 3D glasses.
• Stir Up a Hurricane
  Duplicate the swirling motion around the calm eye of a hurricane.
• Tropical Twisters
  How hurricanes work and what they do.

• Blizzard Attack!
  Students assume a character and plan a drive through a major winter storm. They must use weather data and internet sources to analyze conditions and make appropriate judgments and decisions in order to arrive safely at their destinations
• Don't Be Too Flaky!
  Students will take volume measurements of different samples of ice and snow to compare their relative densities. Results are graphed, and can be submitted to an online student database.

Tornadoes

• Functional Funnel Facts
• KIDSTORM Facts about Tornadoes
• Make a Tornado
• Tornadoes for Kids from FEMA
• Tornadoes National Geographic
• Tornadoes - Nature's Most Violent Wind
• Tornado Information and additional links
• Tornado Chaser
  This site includes a kid's page with tornado information and projects.
• Miss Weber's Terrific Tornado Links
• What is a tornado?

• Frequently Asked "Volcano Questions"
• How Volcanoes Work
  This is a great website for high school and college students and teachers.
• Michigan Tech's Volcanoes Page
• Predicting Volcanic Eruptions
• Volcanoes from Enchanted Learning
  Pictures, diagrams, descriptions, activities and more. Great site for Elementary grades
• Volcano World
  Volcano Facts, lesson plans, sites, Ask a Volcanoist, Kids activities, photographs & more
• Volcanoes for Kids from FEMA
  Simple explanations, information on famous volcanoes, and a geology game
• USGS Lesson Plans
  Volcano lesson Plans and information grades 4-8

Wind

• Wind Direction
• Where Does the Wind Come From?
  This second grade science lesson effectively demonstrates how air moves, through two different hands-on exercises.
• The Harshest Weather on Earth
  Wind... one word, and one colossal force creates extreme weather conditions atop Mt. Washington--often more extreme than even Everest.