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Weather Classroom Activities and Lesson Plans


Compiled by Christy Pratt.

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NOAA Education Weather
NOAA has a variety of weather resources including lesson plans, projects, demonstrations, classroom activities, and much more. These weather resources can be used for elementary, secondary, middle school, and university students.

discovery school Build Your Own Weather Station
A good lesson plan that demonstrates the weather through a hands-on classroom activity. This weather lesson plan can easily be adapted for elementary, secondary, middle school, and university students.

university of washington Northwest Weather Watch
This lesson plan demonstrates the importance of storm preparedness by understanding how storms are created. This classroom activity can easily be adapted for elementary, secondary, middle school, and university level students.

educator's reference desk The Cloud in the Bottle
This lesson plan demonstrates cloud formation through an exciting classroom activity. This demonstration is a good way to introduce and expand the topic of clouds for elementary, secondary, middle school, and university level students.

weather eye Lightning
In this lesson plan, static electricity is created to explain how and why lightning occurs. This interactive lesson plan can be used for elementary, secondary, middle school, and university level students.

weather eye Thunderstorms: a recipe
Here is a thunderstorm lesson plan that creates vivid examples of thunderstorms through "a recipe". This classroom activity deals with different weather phenomena and is appropriate for elementary, secondary, middle school, and university level students with minor modifications.

earth storm Relative Humidity & Dew Point
This lesson plan allows students the chance to explore the relationship between relative humidity and dew point with a classroom activity. This project can be used to for elementary, secondary, middle school, and university level students.

earth storm Moisture Advection
This Lesson plan allows students to examine changing weather through a classroom activity. This, advection of moisture, demonstration is helpful to educate elementary, secondary, middle school, and university students about weather.

weater eye Tornadoes

This lesson plan demonstrates how tornadoes are formed, predicted, and other aspects that explain tornadoes. This classroom activity is useful for helping elementary, secondary, middle school, and university students understand tornadoes.

discovery school Wonders of Weather
This weather lesson plan gives students the ability to investigate tornadoes and demonstrate how tornadoes are created through a classroom activity. This lesson plan can be adapted for elementary, secondary, middle school, and university students.
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