Weather

These websites are about weather. Learn the basics about temperature, clouds, and storms. There are interactive games and quizzes, printable activities, and science experiments that you can try.

Grades

• 1,
• 2

Links

• BBC: Temperature

  This site explains everything you need to know about reading temperatures. There are printable worksheets for extra practice and self-grading online quizzes.

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• BBC: What is Weather?

  This is a fun interactive site that explains basic weather terms by using graphics. Terms include wind, visibility, and precipitation. Requires Flash to run the interactive version.

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• Thunderstorms

  Learn all about thunder and lightening on this site, including lightening facts and how to stay safe during a thunderstorm.

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• Tornados

  Learn what to do in a tornado on this site. Includes stories from kids who have lived through tornadoes.

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• Weather Dude: Meteorology

  Click through these pages for basic weather information, illustrations, and activity ideas for elementary students. There are also music clips that help explain weather concepts. NOTE: This site offers the "Weather Dude" music CD for sale.

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• Web Weather for Kids

  Learn about clouds, hurricanes, tornadoes, and blizzards on this site that includes animations, quizzes, and sound effects. There are also games, stories, and science activities.

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• Weather Coloring Pages

  Here are complete PDF booklets about weather and safetly that can be downloaded, printed, and colored.

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• Exploratorium: Tornado in a Bottle

  Try this simple science activity to enhance learning about tornadoes.

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• Enchanted Learning: Weather Find It! Quiz

  Answer these questions about weather. If you don't know the answers, you can use the Little Explorers online dictionary for help.

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• Enchanted Learning: Weather Rhyme

  This is a short rhyme about weather.

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• ABC Teach: Weather

  Here is an index of printable activities with a weather theme.

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• Make a Flake

  This site lets you make a virtual snowflake by cutting up paper with scissors and viewing the results. You can also browse the gallery to see what others have made.

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Education Standards

• AR
  • ESS.8.1.3
  • ESS.8.1.5
  • ESS.8.1.6
  • ESS.8.2.5
  • ESS.8.2.6
  • ESS.8.2.7
  • ESS.8.2.8
  • ESS.8.2.9
  • ESS.8.K.5
  • ESS.8.K.7
• MO
  • 5.2.F.a
  • 5.2.F.b
  • 5.2.F.c
  • 5.2.F.d
• NV
  • E.2.A.2
  • E.2.A.3
  • E.2.A.4

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Created: January 06, 2008 at 02:42 | Updated: November 27, 2012 at 21:10