| Sites Specifically for Students with Information About Weather |
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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. Sci Jinks: Discover the World Of Weather for Kids: Hurricanes and Storms, Clouds, Water, and Ice, Tides and Oceans, Atmosphere, Seasons, Satellites and Technology, Space Westher. 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 from the Weather Channel: Facts and information about Clouds, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Blizzards and Winter Weather; Weather Glossary |
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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 |
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| 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 Facts | NOVA: Flood! |
| Storm Encyclopedia: Flood Vocabulary | NOAA: 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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| Live Science: Hurricanes | |
| Hurricane Information for Kids | What To Do During and After a Hurricane |
| Rainbows | |
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| Facts about Rainbows | Rainbows - from Wikipedia |
| How Stuff Works: How Rainbows Work | Atmospheric Optics: Rainbows |
| Severe Storms | Online Meteorology Guide: Severe Storms |
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| Storm Ready: Weather Safety Guide | The 5 MOST Destructive Storms with Photos |
| 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 | PBS Kids: Weather Forecasting Video |
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| Facts about 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 |
| Compare and Contrast Cold and Warm Fronts Animation | 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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Remember to bookmark and return to KID INFO often! KID INFO saves you "valuable time" and allows you to spend "quality time" by eliminating the chore of sifting through hundreds of search engine results! Kidinfo.com's Weather Resource Page includes the best available links to Weather Forecasting, Cloud Facts, Cyclone Facts, El Niño Facts, Flooding Facts, Hurricane Facts, Geological Hazard Facts, Lightning Facts, Rainbow Facts, Severe Storm Facts, Weather-related Phenomena, Space Weather Facts, Thunder and Thunderstorm Facts, Tornado Facts, Weather Front Facts, Winter Storm Facts, Global Warming Facts, Acid Rain Facts, the Ozone Facts, Heat Wave Facts, A Weather Glossary Guide, and a Storm Chaser's Guide.
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