Elementary Education Resources: Science--Meteorology

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Meteorology
Air quality lesson plans and data
A site about climate changes
Calculators for a wide range of math, science and technology applications
El Nino: Hot Air Over Hot Water
Hamline University's Center for Global Environmental Education --Rivers of Life on-line classroom
Hazardous Weather--Links on this USA Today site take you to the official hazardous weather text alerts and graphics produced by the National Weather Service when severe weather threatens the USA
Hurricane Cam--Track day-to-day weather patterns across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans with live images updated hourly from the GOES-8 and GOES-10 satellites
Leonids 2001 Meteor Gallery
Lightning Explorer--This site provides lightning information from the National Lightning Detection Network of all lightning activity in the continental United States
Mama's Minerals--great resource for anything about rocks and minerals
MapTech--superb source for topographic maps and nautical charts
McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning) Science Lesson Plans and Activities
More from Auburn U. on those Alabama tornadoes
Science Sky
SkyMath: Middle School math from exploring the weather
Terra: First Images--Terra is the first satellite to monitor daily -- and on a global scale-- how the Earth's atmosphere, lands, oceans, solar radiation and life influence each other. Extraordinary images, movies, and animations are presented in a variety of formats - .jpeg, .tiff, QuickTime, and .mpeg
The Met.Office Home Page
The Path of the Alabama F5 Tornado of April 8, 1998
The Science Education Gateway
The Southpole
The Tropics: Exotic Bird Refuge
The Weather Channel Homepage
Tornadoes
Weather.com--Enter a ZIP code and get the current conditions, a five-day forecast, and live Doppler and satellite maps for that region
Weather Unit
Wind Force Scale--In 1806, Sir Francis Beaufort developed a rating system for accurate recording of wind speed. This system was developed for sailors, but has since been modified for use on land.

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