In this video segment from Louisville Life, high school students in Louisville, Kentucky describe the benefits of creating rain gardens as a solution to non-point source water pollution.
Video clips from federal and regional agencies show scientists at work with tools used to collect data about the climate and weather. This article, from the free, online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle, will help students visualize the tools and how they are used in the atmosphere, at sea, and other hard-to-access locations.
In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, learn about the emergence of invasive forest species and diseases and their possible impact on the Menominee tribal forest.
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, visit a water treatment plant and learn how water from a local reservoir is turned into drinking water.
This simulation from the National Center for Atmospheric Research portrays annual patterns in water vapor and precipitation across the globe, illustrating general circulation patterns as well as seasonal and regional variation.
Property owners in New Jersey can check their vulnerability to sea level rise and storm surge using an interactive mapping toolthe NJ Flood Mapper. Here's how one restaurant owner used results from the tool in his long-term planning.
The 11 books selected for inclusion in the issue of Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle devoted to climate studies range from easy readers to biographies. Each book is briefly described; all were reviewed for accuracy and appropriate reading levels for students in grades K-5. Several books deal with careers in meteorology.
In this unit of study students learn how to design a solution that reduces the impact of lightning. This unit integrates nine STEM attributes and was developed as part of the South Metro-Salem STEM Partnership's Teacher Leadership Team. Any instructional materials are included within this unit of study.
This lesson will heighten students' awareness of weather.
This article highlights children's literature about weather and climate, the polar regions, and climate change for use in the elementary classroom.
This article explains the difference between weather and climate, the role of the polar regions in the global climate system, and how climate change is affecting these areas. Links to content knowledge resources and the National Science Education Standards are provided.
This article assembles free resources from the Weather and Climate issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine into a unit outline based on the 5E learning cycle framework. Outlines are provided for Grades K-2 and 3-5.
This formative assessment item is used to uncover student ideas about weather at the North and South Poles. It will help to determine whether students understand that weather is different at the North and South Poles and the reasons behind the differences. Teacher resources are provided that give general information as well as instructional suggestions. This probe is aligned with National Science Education Standards.
Clouds can form when warm air rises from Earth's surface and cools, causing water vapor to condense.
Depicts a cold front on a weather map.
Water droplets grow larger as more water collects on them.
Hurricanes form over warm ocean water, where moist air rises rapidly and cools, forming clouds.
An occluded front occurs when two cooler air masses merge, forcing warmer air to rise between them.
In a warm front, warm, less dense air overrides cold, denser air.
This is a lesson plan intended for Kindergarten Science Standard 1.1. It will help you teach the basics of observable weather. It includes a simple graph that can be printed out so your students can track the weather over several days.Title Image Credit: @weatherandthefourseasons