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Meteorology, Kids

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		For Kids Only - Earth Science Enterprise ^Votes:0 Send Out a Postcard Image of the Day The ultraviolet radiation "shield" around the Earth is getting thinner? More... Re-load the page to view the next factoid. Air \| Natural Hazards \| Land \| Water \| People Hot Links \| Games \| FAQ \| Teacher Guides \| Site Index \| ESE Homepage \| NASA Updated: October 26, 2004 Responsible NASA Official: Sharron Sample Curator: SAIC Information Services NASA Privacy, Disclaimer,and Accessibility Read More Go to Site


		Franklin's Forecast ^Votes:0 The Franklin Institute's Five Day Forecast In 1735, "Poor Richard," aka Ben Franklin, wrote: "Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise." In 1743, Ben observed that northeast storms begin in the southwest. On horseback, he chased a whirlwind almost a mile to find out why. "Poor Richard" printed some of the first recorded weather forecasts. Clearly, Ben Franklin had weatherwisdom. With "Franklin's Forecast," you can build your own weather station, learn about today's sophisticated weather technologies, and check the weather right now. Don't be otherwise. Be weatherwise! If Ben had been in the tropical Pacific Ocean, he might have noticed El NiÑo too. Find out about the Hot Air over Hot Water . You can make your own weather station . Simple devices like the barometer and wind direction indica Read More Go to Site

		Front Page ^Votes:0 Home Thunderstorms Tornadoes Glossary Snow &Avalanches Tidal Waves Hurricanes Floods El Nino & La Nina Water Cycle Weather Maps Winds & Weather WEATHER GONE WELCOME! TO EXPLORE THE WONDERS OF WEATHER - CLICK ON THE TOPICS IN THE MENU BAR Top Links Credits Meet the Team! Add To Our Site Read More Go to Site

		HOW THE WEATHERWORKS -- weather education for all seasons... ^Votes:0 How The Weatherworks TM provides a wide range of educational services and products including in-school field trips, teacher training workshops, educational materials (including authentic science reading books, activity guides, cloud charts and videotape learning modules), science writing and editing services, weather photography and expert witness testimony and weather-based investigations for legal and insurance purposes . We also conceived and operate the annual National SKY AWARENESS WEEK . In late 2005, we began to offer K-12 math-tutoring services in Naples, Florida. That program has continued to expand and in September 2006 we opened our MATH TUTORING CENTER (for learners in grade 3 through college). Between July 30 and August 17, 2007, we will again offer MATH CAMP . And we are very Read More Go to Site

		Kids' Lightning Information and Safety ^Votes:0 Lightning information and safety for children - Blitzinformationen und sicherheit f?r Kinder - La s?curit? foudre pour les enfants - Informazioni sul fulmine e sicurezza per i bambini - Informa??o e seguran?a do rel?mpago para crian?as - Informaci?n y seguridad del rel?mpago para los ni?os - Maelezo kuhusu radi na usalama kwa watoto. TECHNICAL NOTES: This web site is intended to be viewed without advertising. If you see it inside another web site or with ads, please click here. SEARCH this web site: use search engine link at the bottom of this page. LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS: Links at the bottom of this page can give approximate computer translations into 8 languages. To enjoy the colors of this web site as they were created, click here for a simple MONITOR ADJUSTMENT. KIDS' LIGHTNING INFORMAT Read More Go to Site

		Main Menu ^Votes:0 Welcome to Our Weather Website! Be sure to check out the daily weather reports... About the Authors Explanation of Project Weather Websites Weather Events Weather Books & Videos Weather Quiz Weather Jokes Daily Weather Reports Glossary Weather Myths Weather Stories References Weather Recipes Send Your Weather Story Sign Our Guestbook Read Our Guestbook Please e-mail us with comments or suggestions (link disabled) This website won 3rd place in the Science and Math category of the Thinkquest Junior competition. Net-mom Approved Internet sites appear in The Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages, Second Edition, published by Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1997. Net-mom is a Registered Service Mark of Jean Armour Polly. Read More Go to Site

		Meteorology ^Votes:0 Nick Walker The "Weather Dude" ? Fast Links: Who's Nick? What is Weather? Clouds Rain Snow Thunderstorms Lightning Wind Forecasting Seasons Water Cycle Rainbows, Halos Hurricanes Weather Sayings Songs about Weather Order CDs/Books The Dude Gets Around Ask a Question Take a Weather Quiz Weather in the News Weather Safety Past Weather Weather Maps Weather Averages Climate Change Weather Blog Featuring the Musical Meteorology Pages Welcome to the weather education site especially for students, parents, kids and teachers from national TV meteorologist Nick Walker. Watch Nick on "First Outlook" 5-7am ET weekdays on The Weather Channel. ? * Order autographed copies of the CD/Book Sing Along with the Weather Dude Check these out! A bout Nick B asics of Weather C hoose a Weathe Read More Go to Site

		Meteorology A-Z ^Votes:0 Music Clip of "I Am the Weather Dude" Meteorology A to Z Weather Topics and Phenomena (From the recording Weather Dude by Nick Walker) Get the whole song and more More songs Definition of each weather word Weather Topics: Air Pressure Auroras Climate Clouds More Clouds Still More Clouds El Nino More El Nino Fahrenheit to Celsius Fog Forecasting Weather More Forecasting Global Warming Global Climate Change Hail More Hail Heat Index Hurricanes More Hurricanes Still More Hurricanes And More Hurricanes Jet Stream Lake Effect Snow Lightning More Lightning Lightning Safety Optical Effects (Rainbows, halos, etc) More Optical Effects Ozone Layer Precipitation Rain Sea Breezes Sleet, Freezing Rain Snow Snow Making Storm Systems Tornadoes Still More Tornadoes And More Tornadoes Water Cycle Read More Go to Site

		Musical Meteorology ^Votes:0 Musical Meteorology Want to hear some good weather? Listen Up! A great way for kids to learn about weather is with music. Follow the links below to read the song lyrics, and hear song samples from Nick Walker's CD/Book Sing Along with the Weather Dude . And see the corresponding web pages for each song here on the Weather Dude web site , providing more details about each weather phenomena, and showing dozens of activities that children can try at home and teachers can use in class. Go here to order your autogaphed copy. Listen to some clips and see the lyrics: Lyrics to "Weather Dude" (Audio) Lyrics to "What Makes Rain?" (Audio) Lyrics to "Thunderstorms" (Audio) Lyrics to "Cloud Cover" (Audio) Lyrics to "Wonderland" (Audio) Lyrics to " Read More Go to Site

		Snow ^Votes:0 NÄmÄ sivut suomeksi. ---> Here you can learn the basics of the snow. Build your own snow castle or look famous snow castles. Make virtual snow flakes. Experiment the excitement of the snowball fight. Become a snow artist. Make snowmen, snow lanterns or snow sculptures. Look our amazing snow links. Send Your comments to us! Read More Go to Site

		Snowflakes ^Votes:0 Snowflakes Judi Manning Frozen crystals of all shapes and sizes float down and accumulate. The white fields resemble diamonds glittering in the sun. Wilson Snowflake Bentley took over 6,000 photographs of individual flakes between the early 1880s and his death in 1931. No two were alike. Some snowflakes resemble Dorian columns; some look like oak leaves; some are shaped like dinner plates; and thousands are almost perfectly symmetrical six-armed intricate snowflakes that look like frozen lace. Scientists believe dust and bacteria blown off plants and thrown into the air by ocean waves produce rain and snow. In a lab, Russell Schnell (U of CO) produced snowflakes by injecting bacteria into a cloud chamber. The experimental clouds immediately turned into snow. The bacteria, Read More Go to Site

		Take a Quiz ^Votes:0 Take a Quiz Easy Questions Question 1 Scientists have determined that if we listen very carefully to the sound this creature makes, we can determine the current temperature quite precisely. This creature is a: a) wooly worm b) cricket c) bumble bee d) penguin Question 2 Which of the following has the distinction of being the only month in which a tropical storm has not formed on the Atlantic Ocean? a) January b) February c) March d) April Question 3 Which of the following does Punxsutawney Phil eat at his regular meal? a) fresh ground beef b) broccoli and cauliflower c) sirloin steak d) dog food Question 4 As roofs become steeper, generally the climate becomes warmer. TRUE FALSE Question 5 It is a fact that in the winter time in the middle latitudes, virtually all the precipitation that fa Read More Go to Site

		Untitled Document ^Votes:0 Copyright © 1998-2005 Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. All Rights Reserved. For questions or comments regarding these web pages, please contact andrea@mesonet.org . Read More Go to Site

		Weather ^Votes:0 Our Weather Page Our first grade class is learning about the weather. We wrote cloud poems with our 4th grade reading buddies. We charted the temperature and weather conditions for the month of March, 1999. We made a Weather Book with our weather pictures. Hope you like it! Cloud Poems Weather Chart Our Weather Book Fun Things to Do For Teachers Awards Mrs. Rollman's Page \| Pocantico Hills School Page You are visitor # since April 27, 1999. email us at: lrollman@pocanticohills.org thongell@pocanticohills.org Read More Go to Site

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