WEATHER UNITS, LESSONS AND RESOURCES

For District U-46 and other Elgin schools doing the TLCF '02 Grant

These Internet sites contain units, lessons and resources for you to use with your weather stations.  If you have any questions about implementing these, contact Rich Levine  rlevine@coollessons.org

The Weather Unit    Grades 4-6
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/noframes/subjects/science/b2u4.html

Wonderful World of Weather   Grades 2-6
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj/weather_teacherarea_NEW.html

Weather Here And There    Grades 4-6
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/RSE/RSEred/WeatherHome.html

Signs of Autumn  - Signs of Spring    Grades 2-6
http://telecollaborate.net/education/ssf/

Does Weather Happen Randomly?   Grades 6+
http://www.coollessons.org/Weathr20.htm

Weather WebQuest   Grades 5-6
http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/weather/weather.htm

Investigate the concepts and tools meteorologists use   Grades 3-6
http://www.coollessons.org/Weathr13.htm

Climate and Weather Unit   Grades 5-6
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/noframes/subjects/science/b2u4.html

Keeping a Weather Log Daily Weather Log. Grades 4-6
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/caps/log1.html

Today's Forecast - Places to get weather and radar maps
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/resources.html#today

Weather Instructional Materials  Grades K-6
http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/curric/weather/index.html

Rain or Shine: Lessons to Explore Meteorology and Weather  Grades 4-6
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/caps.html

Does the Sun Influence the Temperature of the Earth?   Grades 3-5
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/caps/sunandtemp.html

Weather Experiments, Lessons and Demonstrations    Grades K-3
http://web2.airmail.net/kboyle/Weatlink.htm
 


THE FOLLOWING SITES CAN HELP YOU EXPLAIN WEATHER CONCEPTS

AIR and AIR PRESSURE
Demonstration Explaining Air Pressure Using An Egg
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/egg.html
The Big Bottle Barometer
http://www.madscience.org/Kids/Experiments/Experiment01/index.htm
Where's the Air?
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/air.html
Seeing Air
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/seeingair.html
What Is Air?
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/air.html
Making An Anemometer
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/energy/anemometer.html
Making a Weather Station
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weatherstation.html
 

WATER CYCLE, CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION
Water: Visible and Invisible
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/wateriv.html
Can I Make a Rain Cloud?
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/raincloud.html
Evaporation
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/uiuc/evaporation.html
What's Evaporation?
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/whatsevaporation.html
Evaporation and Condensation - A water cycle in a mayonnaise jar
http://web2.airmail.net/kboyle/Watcycle.htm
Make Your Own Rain Gauge To Bring Home
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/raingauge.html
Rain Rulers
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/rain-rulers.htm
Demonstrating Dew and Frost
http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Experiment16.htm
Making a Weather Station
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weatherstation.html

TEMPERATURE
How to Read a Thermometer
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/caps/thermometer.html

WEATHER PHENOMENA
Web Weather for kids focuses on thunderstorms, lightning, and tornadoes Grades 3-6
http://www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather/index.html