Water and Weather
From just looking at cloud formations to building a weather station, this sampling of resources help students learn all about climate, weather, and the water cycle.
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- Weather activities with Night of the Twisters: While reading the novel Night of the Twisters, students will complete activities related to weather concepts described in the story. Students will complete activities which explore the key concepts of cloud formation, air pressure, and local weather patterns.
- Weathering the water cycle: Condensation: This lesson introduces students to condensation as one phase of the water cycle. Through the use of the four lessons in this series students will learn that the water cycle is a continuous cycle. The other lessons in this series include lessons on evaporation and precipitation as well as a conclusion.
- Weathering the water cycle: Evaporation: Students will learn that evaporation is one of the three stages of the water cycle. The other lessons in this series include lessons on condensation and precipitation as well as a conclusion.
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- Learn more about climate, clouds, meteorology, science, water cycle, and weather.
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We have compiled this list of great weather and water cycle resources from our collections for teachers to use in the classroom. Whether your students are observing clouds or studying climate data, there is something here for all ages.
Lesson Plans
- Weather watchers
- This is a week long activity during which the students record the weather, track weather changes, and make predictions about future weather patterns. (grade 2 Information Skills and Science)
- This is a week long activity during which the students record the weather, track weather changes, and make predictions about future weather patterns.
- Nephelococcygia--Cloud Watching
- As part of the 2nd grade science objectives dealing with weather, students will learn the various types of clouds as well as the term and the act of nephelococcygia — cloud watching.
- Weathering the water cycle: Evaporation
- Students will learn that evaporation is one of the three stages of the water cycle. The other three lessons in this series on condensation, precipitation, and the water cycle will allow the students to explore all stages. (Grades 2 & % Science)
- Weathering the water cycle: Condensation
- This lesson introduces students to condensation as one phase of the water cycle. Through the use of the four lessons in this series in which students will learn that the water cycle is a continuous cycle. (Grade 2 Science)
- Weathering the water cycle: Precipitation
- Students will learn that precipitation is one of the three stages of the water cycle and how it relates to the other stages. (Grades 2 & 5 Science)
Websites
- Droplet and the Water Cycle
- Your job is to safely guide Droplet, the water molecule, as he enters the great water cycle- condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and evapotranspiration-and starts his journey home.
- Water Wonders
- Water Wonders includes groundwater, the water cycle, water facts and more from EEK! (Environmental Education for Kids
- Web Weather for Kids:Hands-on Activities for Teaching Atmospheric Sciences
- Weather activities for kids with games, stories, and instructions for creating all sorts of weather phenomenon within the classroom. There are activities and instructions for science projects and experiments related to weather, as well. A weather glossary and teacher tips are also available. There is information on temperature, pressure, volume and density, and how they are all a part of clouds, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards.
- WW2010’s Online Meteorology Guide
- A collection of web-based instructional modules, activities, and teacher guides that incorporate text, colorful diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio and video to introduce fundamental concepts in the atmospheric sciences. Topics include light, optics, winds, air masses, weather forecasting, El Nino, tornadoes, hurricanes, and more.
- National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Climate Monitoring
- The United States Government’s archive of weather data which includes drought monitoring, snow data, precipitation and temperature data, and more.
Field Trip Destinations
- National Weather Service - Raleigh
- The Raleigh office of the National Weather Service offers tours to middle and high school student groups. The website provides local weather and hurricane data.
- State Climate Office
- Students of all ages will enjoy learning about North Carolina’s climate, whether on a field trip or in their classroom. Topics include extreme weather records, drought, tornadoes, El Nino and La Nina, hurricanes and North Carolina, and much more.
- Museum of Life and Science
- Packed with highly interactive exhibits, the Museum of Life and Science showcases aerospace, weather, geology, Carolina wildlife, farmyard, train rides, traveling exhibits, gift shops, café and more culminating with the tropical Magic Wings Butterfly House and Bayer Crop Science Insectarium.
