Sites Specifically for Students with Information About Weather

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


Sites with Information About Weather

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  
How Stuff Works: Clouds The Cloud Boutique with Photos
Weather Wiz Kids: Clouds Web Weather for Kids: Clouds

Cyclones  
Tropical Cyclone Facts Cyclone - from Wikipedia

El Niño PBS: Tracking El Niño
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
Flash Flood Interactive Site NOVA: Flood!
Storm Encyclopedia: Flood Vocabulary FEMA: Flood Information

Geologic Hazards Which Can Involve Weather Changes (Earthquakes, Landslides, Tsunami, Volcanoes)

Heat Wave Heat Wave Facts
Heat Wave Facts for Kids Heat Wave - from Wikipedia

Hurricanes How Stuff Works: How Hurricanes Work

Storm Science for Kids: Hurricane

Discovery Channel: Hurricane Video Gallery
Hurricane Information for Kids What To Do During and After a Hurricane

Lightning Lightning Information and Safety for Kids
How Stuff Works: How Lightning Works National Geographic Lightning Photo Gallery
National Geographic: Lightning National Lightning Safety Institute
A Lightning Primer Lightning Photography
The Lightning Gallery National Geographic: Make Lightning Strike Interactive


Rainbows  
About Rainbows Rainbows - from Wikipedia
How Stuff Works: How Rainbows Work Atmospheric Optics: Rainbows

Severe Storms  
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
Basic Facts About Space Weather Space Weather Center

Storm Chasers Guide How Stuff Works: Storm Chasers Storm Spotters Guide

Thunder and Thunderstorms   Summer Thunderstorms
USA Today: Thunderstorms Weather Wiz Kids: Thunderstorms Thunder- from Wikipedia

Tornadoes Experts Answer Tornado Questions
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
AccuWeather National Weather Service Weather Network
CNN Weather USA Today Weather Yahoo Weather Forecast

Weather Forecasting How Stuff Works: Weather Forecasting Video
Tips for Forecasting the Weather Online Meteorology Guide: Weather Forecasting Guide


Weather Glossary Kids Weather Glossary Weather.com: Weather Glossary

Weather Forecast Media How to Read Weather Maps WikiHow: Reading Weather Maps

Weather Fronts  
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

Winter Storms FEMA: Winter Storms and Extreme Cold 10 Ways to Survive a Snowstorm
World Weather World Weather Information Service


Educational Science Powerpoints

Educational Science Videos

Reference Sites to Help in Your Research

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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