Weather

An Online Guide to Meteorology:  http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml offers instructional modules that incorporate text, colorful diagrams, animations, computer simulations,
audio and video to introduce fundamental concepts in the atmospheric sciences. Topics include Light and Optics, Clouds and Precipitation, Forces and Winds, Weather Forecasting, Severe Storms, Hurricanes, El Nino (Niño), and the Hydrologic Cycle.

WeatherEye:  http://weathereye.kgan.com is a weather education site, created by a forecast team working with local educators. This site includes a section for students in grades 2 to 8, a section for grades 6 to 12, a "Teacher's Lounge" and a parent's area. On-line lessons are designed to be easy to integrate into class schedules. Lessons put students in "real-world" situations, like driving through a blizzard or being the mayor of a town threatened by a hurricane.

National Weather Service updates and active warnings from flood to hurricane to tropical storm.
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/main.html

"Weather or Not" prediction activity:  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/weathernot/wonsituation.html
Franklin Institute's Weather Science Hotlist:  http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/weather.html

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