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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
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