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- Meteorologists: Working with data analysis
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.4
- This lesson for grade six introduces students to careers in meteorology and engages them in meteorological data analysis.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.Edited by Julie McCann.
- Diagram of hurricane formation
- Diagram of hurricane formation showing movement of warm, humid air and cold, unstable air between the upper and lower atmosphere.
- Format: image/photograph
- Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development
- A Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” that examines the sand sharing system of sedimentary coastlines and the impact of hurricanes on those coastlines and on human development.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- CareerStart lessons: Grade seven
- This collection of lessons aligns the seventh grade curriculum in math, science, English language arts, and social studies with potential career opportunities.
- Format: (multiple pages)
- Colburn Earth Science Museum
- The best rock and mineral specimens from the Burnham Standish Colburn collection are housed in the Colburn Earth Science Museum. Students will enjoy the programs that are centered around this collection of fossils, gems, and North Carolina minerals.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- State Climate Office of North Carolina
- 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.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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.
- Format: bibliography/help
- How do hurricanes form?
- In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 2
- Hurricanes begin when areas of low atmospheric pressure move off Africa and into the Atlantic, where they grow and intensify in the moisture-laden air above the warm tropical ocean. Air moves toward these atmospheric lows from all directions and curves to...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Fascinate-U Children's Museum
- Through touch and play young students learn about health and science topics at this children's museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Center for Education, Imagination and the Natural World at Timberlake Farm
- Connect with the natural world through the programs offered at this Center situated on 165 acres of beautiful woodlands and meadows.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Mercurial barometer
- Based on a principle developed by Evangelista Torricelli in 1643, the Mercurial Barometer is an instrument used for measuring the change in atmospheric pressure. It uses a long glass tube, open at one end and closed at the other. Air pressure is measured by...
- Format: image/diagram
- The Bermuda High and tropical storms
- The Bermuda High pressure system sits over the Atlantic during summer. Acting as a block that hurricanes cannot penetrate, the size and location of this system can determine where hurricanes go. A normal Bermuda High often leads to hurricanes moving up the...
- Format: video
- Port Discover
- Students will enjoy visiting this new hands-on science and health center which is geared to the pre-k to fifth grade curriculum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Twisters in a jar
- The class will discuss the motion, causes and effects of a tornado. The student will also be able to name the safety steps one should take when a tornado occurs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
- By Andrea Allen.
- The Science House
- Through school demonstration programs, student science camps, teacher workshops and innovative laboratory training, and support projects, the NCSU Science House partners with K-12 teachers to emphasize the use of hands-on learning activities in mathematics and science.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Weather for the day
- In this lesson, students will use previous knowledge and classroom resources to determine current weather conditions and temperature.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Rhonda Hathcock.
- Chestnut Ridge Camp and Retreat Center
- Offers a selection of informative, interactive and experientially-based programs in outdoor and environmental education.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- KidSenses Children's InterACTIVE Museum
- The interactive exhibits at this children’s museum spark the imagination and kids have fun as they play and learn.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Discovery Place and the Charlotte Nature Museum
- Discovery Place offers hands-on activities in all areas of science for students at both the Discovery Halls and Charlotte Nature Museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
