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Athena Curriculum: Weather - links to
weather related web sites such as "Storms", and "Observing, Tracking and
Charting the Weather."
http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu:8001/curric/weather/index.html
Bizarre Stuff: Projects By Category:
Electricity - Here you can find many different science projects for
students. Click on "electricity" to take you to a full list of the projects
associated with electricity.
http://freeweb.pdq.net/headstrong/cat.htm#6
CNN.com Weather - forecasts for locations
around the world.
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/index.html
Franklin Institute Online: Franklin's
Forecast
- "build your own weather station, learn about today's sophisticated
weather technologies, and check the weather"
http://www.fi.edu/weather/index.html
Franklin Institute Online: WIND -
"Put wind to work. Explore this natural phenomenon and build your own
wind-powered machine."
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/wind.html
From Windmills to Whirligigs - a science
and art connection to wind with a tour of Vollis Simpson's windmills and
whirligig farm and then try making one of the many whirligigs under the "Try
These" link.
http://www.smm.org/sln/vollis/
Miami Museum of Science: Make a Weather
Station - learning activities about air pressure, moisture, temperature,
wind and how to make various weather tools.
http://falcon.miamisci.org/hurricane/weatherstation.html
Pikes Peak Cam - live photo of Pikes Peak
showing current conditions and link to weather information.
http://www.pikespeakcam.com/
Planet Pals: Let's Weather Together -
includes information about weather, clouds, meteorologists, and a quiz to test
one's weather knowledge.
http://www.planetpals.com/weather.html
SciLinks - a fairly exhaustive list of
web sites for students and teachers on climate and weather.
http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=1174191044
Tornados, Going Around in Circles - to
scientists who study them, twisters are the most fascinating storms on Earth.
Are they right? Take a look at the wild, whirling winds and discover for
yourself. (Grades 3-6)
http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/
Weather Eye: Cadet Section Grades 2-8 -
weather lessons and experiments for school and home. Includes a section
for teachers and for parents.
http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/index.html
Yahoo Weather - current weather
information around the world and weather related stories.
http://weather.yahoo.com/
Yahoo Weather Phenomena - links to
stories about various weather phenomena such as avalanches, blizzards, droughts,
foods, hurricanes, lightning, and tornadoes.
http://dir.yahoo.com/science/earth_sciences/meteorology/weather_phenomena/
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