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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. |
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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. |
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How do Snowflakes Form?
A snowflake begins when a tiny dust or pollen particle comes into contact with water vapor high in Earth's atmosphere. The water vapor coats the tiny particle and freezes into a tiny crystal of ice. This tiny crystal will be the "seed" from which a snowflake will grow. |
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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. |
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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. |
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How are Hurricanes Named?
For that reason the World Meteorological Organization develops a list of names that are assigned in alphabetical order to tropical storms as the are discovered in each hurricane season. |
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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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Free Graph Paper and Free Maps
Your students can get free printable graph paper, printable maps, printable calendars and more at Waterproof Paper.com, a website affiliated with Geology.com.. |
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OpenCourseWare Search
Several universities publish their course materials for free online, under the OpenCourseWare Initiative. Here is a search engine to find them. |
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