Thematic Units - Weather
Weather
You will find various Web Sites on the top portion of this page.
Further down, you will find Lesson Plans.
At the bottom of the page, you will find Books that you can order directly from Amazon.com!
Printable Worksheets
Make your own Weather word searches, word scrambles and crossword puzzles!
Web Sites
Basics of Flooding
"This page provides a few basic facts and suggestions concerning flooding and an opportunity to pose questions to flood experts."
Dan's Wild Weather Page
An interactive weather page for kids.
Fargo Flood Home Page
Learn more about this distructive force of nature.
How Do Snowflakes Form?
Get all of the facts.
How Weather Works
"Here are graphics and text that examine various weather phenomena, including the basics of things such as winds, what goes on in thunderstorms, tornadoes or hurricanes, or how dust from the Sahara Desert sometimes crosses the Atlantic Ocean."
NOVA Online
Learn more about floods.
Snowtastic Snow
Find information about snow and ice.
The Tornado Project Online!
This is a small company that gathers tornado information.
Twisters: Destruction From the Sky
Get all of the facts.
Weather Room
Children can download coloring books about tornado safety, winter weather, thunderstorms, or the National Weather Service. They can also analyze a weather map and learn more about careers in meteorology.
Weather Wiz Kids
Meteorologist Crystal Wicker created this website especially for kids to allow them to learn more about the fascinating world of weather. It’s also a wonderful educational website for teachers and parents that gives them the right tools they need to explain the different types of weather to children.
What Creates a Tornado?
Learn how tornadoes form.
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Lesson Plans
"And Now for the Weather" Grade 4
This is a great WEBQUEST that allows students to better understand the job of a meteorologist. In the procss, they will research local weather, undestand weather terms, and be able to predict weather patterns.
Best Weather Webquest Grades 4-8
Students research the type of weather across the country and decide what location has the "best weather." Upon completion of their research, students use a spread sheet to share their information.
The Cloud in the Bottle Grades 4-12
The purpose to this activity is to demonstrate to the students the direct affects of pressure and temperature on cloud formation.
Clouds Grades 4-6
The Cloud Unit is designed not only to teach the students information about clouds, but also to encourage abstract thinking through writing and painting. The lesson facilitates the use of higher thinking skills and encourages self expression.
Clouds! Clouds! Clouds! Grades 5-6
In this lesson, students will learn about different types of clouds, the levels in which the clouds are classified, and the precipitation associated with them. In groups, students will gather information about clouds from a CD-ROM and then enter the information into a teacher-made database. Students will also use web cams from the Internet to make predictions about weather for cities across the country.
Glacier/Weather Lesson Plans Grades Various
This site is sponsored by Glacier National Park.
How to Create a Rain Stick Grades 2-6
The students will be able to appreciate the sounds of the rain forest and the rain stick.
Tornado Webquest Grades 4+
This Webquest helps students better understand the deadliness and destruction of tornadoes.
Understanding Weather Grade 4
Students will learn to use instruments to record and predict the weather
Understanding Wind Direction and Making a Wind Vane Grades K-8
Students will understand that wind vanes are used to measure wind direction.
The Water Cycle Grades 2-4
Students will be able to learn more about our water.
Web Earth Science for Teachers Grades Various
For ideas on weather-related projects, check out *USA Today*'s "Web Earth Science for Teachers".
The Wind Blows Grade 2
Students will understand that wind is moving air by observing moving objects. Students will be able to determine how strong the wind is blowing by the distance traveled by different objects.
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Books
All Weather Friends
by Udo Weifelt
Before the Storm
Jane Yolen
Blizzards (Facts on File Dangerous Weather Series)
by Michael Allaby
All the Colors of the Rainbow
by Allan Fowler
Can You See the Wind?
by Allan Fowler
The Cloud Book
by Tomie De Paola
Cloud With a Chance of Meatballs
by Judith Barrett, Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illustrator)
Corey's Kite (My First Weather Book)
by Hannah Roche, Pierre Pratt (Illustrator)
Experiment With Weather
by Miranda Bower
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