| Sites Specifically for Students with Information About Weather |
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AccuWeather for Kids: Learn about Weather, Photo Gallery and MORE FEMA: The Disaster Area for Kids: Facts and Information about Floods, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Tsunami, Thunderstorms, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Wildfires, Winter Storms, and National Security Emergencies National Weather Service: Owlie Skywarn Page for Kids: Learn about the hazards of severe weather which include tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes, flash floods and winter storms PBS: Infocus: Floods: A website for students with facts, information and MORE about floods Scholastic: Interactive Weather Maker: Using an Interactive Weather Maker - turn a sunny day into a windy day; create a rainy day; if you create the correct conditions, you can make a blizzard - complete with a whiteout! Find out how weather works. FEMA Ready Kids: Overview of the most common weather disasters, and tips Sky Diary for Kids: Information, pictures, and graphics and find links on tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes and storm chasing The Weather Dude: Weather education site especially for students, parents, kids and teachers from national TV meteorologist Nick Walker; Every weather topic covered Weather Wiz Kids: Created especially for kids to allow them to learn more about the fascinating world of weather Web Weather for Kids: Facts and information about Clouds, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Blizzards and Winter Weather; Weather Glossary The Weather Channel for Kids: A site for students which includes a Weather Encyclopedia, Forecast Center, Videos of Weather Happenings, Weather Games Weather Eye: Created for young students; facts and information about weather and weather-related topics |
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| Sites with Information About Weather |
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Interactives: Weather: What Forces Affect Our Weather: Explore the forces behind the weather, try your hand at tornado chasing, or discover how wind chill works. Hands-on activities include topics such as the atmosphere, the water cycle, ice and snow, and forecasting
Online Guides: Meteorology: A collection of web-based instructional modules that use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web. These resources incorporate text, colorful diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio and video to introduce fundamental concepts in the atmospheric sciences
Perfect Disaster: A great resource for learning about some of the phenomenal forces of nature such as super tornadoes, ice storms, fire storms, mega floods, super typhoons and solar storms. Visitors may want to begin with the "anatomy of a disaster" section to learn the science behind the super storms that could wreak havoc on cities around the world. These interactive features allow visitors to view photographs of the disasters and click on each area to learn more about how and why it happens.
| Clouds | |
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| How Stuff Works: Clouds | The Cloud Boutique with Photos |
| Weather Wiz Kids: Clouds | Web Weather for Kids: Clouds |
| Cyclones | |
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| Tropical Cyclone Facts | Cyclone - from Wikipedia |
| El Niño | PBS: Tracking El Niño |
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| El Niño Facts | Weather Online: El Niño |
| What is El Niño Anyway? | Kids Earth: Making Sense of Weather:El Niño |
| Flooding | How Stuff Works: Floods |
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| Flash Flood Interactive Site | NOVA: Flood! |
| Storm Encyclopedia: Flood Vocabulary | FEMA: Flood Information |
| Geologic Hazards Which Can Involve Weather Changes (Earthquakes, Landslides, Tsunami, Volcanoes) |
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| Heat Wave | Heat Wave Facts |
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| Heat Wave Facts for Kids | Heat Wave - from Wikipedia |
| Hurricanes | How Stuff Works: How Hurricanes Work |
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| Discovery Channel: Hurricane Video Gallery | |
| Hurricane Information for Kids | What To Do During and After a Hurricane |
| Rainbows | |
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| About Rainbows | Rainbows - from Wikipedia |
| How Stuff Works: How Rainbows Work | Atmospheric Optics: Rainbows |
| Severe Storms | |
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| Storm Ready: Weather Safety Guide | The 5 MOST Destructive Storms with Photos |
| Severe Storm Video Gallery | Online Meteorology Guide: Severe Storms |
| Space Weather | SpaceWeather.com |
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| Basic Facts About Space Weather | Space Weather Center |
| Storm Chasers Guide | How Stuff Works: Storm Chasers | Storm Spotters Guide |
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| Thunder and Thunderstorms | Summer Thunderstorms | |
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| USA Today: Thunderstorms | Weather Wiz Kids: Thunderstorms | Thunder- from Wikipedia |
| Tornadoes | Experts Answer Tornado Questions |
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| How Stuff Works: How Tornadoes Work | Twister: The Story of a Tornado |
| Power of Tornadoes | USA Today: Tornadoes are Earth's Most Violent Storms |
| Weather Forecast Media | Intellicast | Weather Channel |
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| AccuWeather | National Weather Service | Weather Network |
| CNN Weather | USA Today Weather | Yahoo Weather Forecast |
| Weather Forecasting | How Stuff Works: Weather Forecasting Video |
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| Tips for Forecasting the Weather | Online Meteorology Guide: Weather Forecasting Guide |
| Weather Glossary | Kids Weather Glossary | Weather.com: Weather Glossary |
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| Weather Forecast Media | How to Read Weather Maps | WikiHow: Reading Weather Maps |
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| Weather Fronts | |
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| Facts about Weather Fronts | Weather Front Facts |
| Cold Front Facts Video | Weather Front - from Wikipedia |
| Weather Related Phenomena: Air Pollution, Acid Rain, Global Warming, The Ozone |
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| Winter Storms | FEMA: Winter Storms and Extreme Cold | 10 Ways to Survive a Snowstorm |
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| World Weather | World Weather Information Service |
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| Educational Science Powerpoints |
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| Educational Science Videos |
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| Reference Sites to Help in Your Research |
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Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z
Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE
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