TeachersFirst's Weather - Science Resources

Other TeachersFirst Special Topics Collections

Explore this editor's choice list of resources related to the weather. Read the descriptions to find out whether a site sounds right for what you want to know. Some sites may be more challenging reading, while others may offer solid basic information. Be sure to try several sources.

If you cannot find what you need here, you may want to try searching on TeachersFirst for specific keywords.

Don't miss our full listing of tagged weather resources.

Previous 20-22 of 22

22 Results | sort by:

Less

Weather Wiz kids - Crystal Wicker

Grades

1 to 5

0 Favorites 0 Comments

Share Link

Crystal Wicker, a meteorologist from Indiana, offers easy to understand descriptions and explanations of weather related topics like rain, hurricanes, clouds, climate, and volcanoes....more

Here is the direct link to share this resource review. Feel free to copy and paste this URL into an email or place it on your web page or blog so others can read this TeachersFirst review:

Close Link

Crystal Wicker, a meteorologist from Indiana, offers easy to understand descriptions and explanations of weather related topics like rain, hurricanes, clouds, climate, and volcanoes. Interactives, experiments, and avtivities bring hands on learning experiences to enhance this website aimed at elementary aged students.

In the Classroom

Introduce weather topics like hurricanes, earthquakes, or volcanoes to students using an interactive whiteboard. Use this site as a great jumping off point for older students' research projects. Use various experiments, games, and lesson plans throughout weather related units of study. Have students create weather journals where they record facts from the subtopics and relate them to weather in the news. Enhance learning by having cooperative learning groups research one specific topic and create online books to share with the class using a site such as Bookemon, reviewed here. With younger students or beginning readers you may want to use a guided reading tool like Read Ahead, reviewed here .

Add a Comment and Rate this Resource

Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member

Rating (click star to set rating):

Close comment form

Add to My Favorites

You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
Use the form at the top of the page to log in, or click here to join TeachersFirst (it's free!).

Less

Drought Monitor - University of Nebraska

Grades

6 to 12

0 Favorites 0 Comments

Share Link

Working with NOAA, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln has created one of the best looking drought monitoring sites we've seen. There are maps showing drought severity, crop data,...more

Here is the direct link to share this resource review. Feel free to copy and paste this URL into an email or place it on your web page or blog so others can read this TeachersFirst review:

Close Link

Working with NOAA, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln has created one of the best looking drought monitoring sites we've seen. There are maps showing drought severity, crop data, rainfall, and related topics over a wide variety of time series, and the quality of the graphics is well beyond that of most similar sites. If your students are studying weather - or just complaining about the summer heat - this site can shed some light on the problem.

In the Classroom

Share the maps on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Enhance learning by having students pairs or small groups to create a Padlet, reviewed here, comparing where they live with areas of interest to them.

Add a Comment and Rate this Resource

Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member

Rating (click star to set rating):

Close comment form

Add to My Favorites

You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
Use the form at the top of the page to log in, or click here to join TeachersFirst (it's free!).

Teachers First - Thinking Teachers Teaching Thinkers