1. Weather A Virtual Field Trip

2. Teacher Resources (future option) Severe Weather What’s a meteorologist? Climate vs. Weather The Water Cycle Clouds Welcome to the wild world of weather! Click on one of the links below to jump directly to a topic. Use the right/left arrow buttons to move forward/backward. Underlined hyperlinks within the text will take you to a site on that topic. Click the house icon button to return to this menu page, the Start button to restart, or the Stop button to end the tour. Please use these navigation button for the tour to work properly. So, now hold on to your hat and enjoy the trip... Weather Terms Student Activities (future option) Wind Back to Start Climate

3. Climate vs. Weather Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com, Content from http://weatherwizkids.com/ & “Wild Weather” by Scholastic Bookshttp://weatherwizkids.com/ ClimateClimate is the average weather condition in a certain place or during a certain season. Weather changes from day to day, but climate changes only over hundreds or thousands of years. Many animals and plants need one climate to survive. Dolphins and palm trees can live only in a warm climate, while polar bears and spruce trees need a cold climate. Weather The shines strongest in the tropics, the areas near the equator, and have a hot climate. The Antarctic and Arctic have less sunshine, so they have cold climates. The areas in between have mild climates. Do you know the basic ingredients for weather? Click here to make your own weather.basic ingredients here How much did you learn about climate and weather? MenuWater Cycle

4. It all begins here!here The Water Cycle… Climate Clouds

5. CLOUDS You may ask yourself - How are clouds formed? What are the different types and what do they look like? Click on the cloud to find out! Now that you’re an expert on clouds, go to this site to take a quiz on what you have learned. Water Cycle Wind

6. What’s a jet stream? How do windmills work? Click on the windmill to explore all about wind! Now, let’s see what you learned about wind: Clouds Severe Weather

7. SEVERE WEATHER TornadoesThunderstorms Floods Hurricanes Snow and Ice Be Ready for Storms Wind Tornadoes Storms Quiz

8. Tornadoes What does a storm chaser do?storm chaser TornadoesTornadoes can be one of the most scary and exciting type of severe storm. Learn the basics, tornado words and how tornadoes arebasicswords measuredmeasured. Some other links to tornado sites: Here’s a link to a cool tornado video: Storm chaser video: Severe WeatherThunderstorms

9. THUNDERSTORMS Tornadoes Hurricanes Why you see lightening before you hear the thunder? How to calculate how far away a thunderstorm is? Thunderstorms Thunderstorms are severe storms that produce thunder and lightening.lightening Some other great links: National Geographic Lightening Facts and VideoLightening Facts Video Web Weather for Kids Click the lightening bolt to discover:

10. Hurricanes ThunderstormsRainstorms Hurricanes Hurricanes form over the ocean and head for the shore with wind speeds up to 190 miles/hour where they can cause severe damage. In the middle of the hurricane is a hole called the eye, which is around 20-30 miles wide and eerily calm. Learn the basics, hurricane wordsbasicswords and watch two videos to see how hurricanes are tracked.videos National Geographic Kids on Hurricanes National Geographic Forces of Nature Why and How are Hurricanes Named?Named Additional cool sites on hurricanes :

11. Rainstorms and Floods Hurricanes Winter Storms Did you know that flash floods are the #1flash floods weather-related killer in the U.S.? Click herehere to find out how rain forms and more!

12. WINTER STORMS RainstormsBe Ready for Storms Winter storms Winter storms form when there is a lot of water in the atmosphere and the temperature is very cold. Do you know what a Nor'easter is? Learn the basics and winter storm words.basics words When does a winter storm become a blizzard? How do you calculateblizzard wind chillwind chill and what is its role in a blizzard? Test your knowledge!

13. Be Ready for Storms! Do you and your family know what to do when faced with severe weather? These links will help you to be prepared: Winter Storms Meteorology

14. Predicting Weather Be Ready for Storms Meteorology is the science and study of the atmosphere and atmospheric phenomena. A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and predicts the weather using sophisticated equipment, like Doppler radar but they also rely on old-fashioned sky watching. (http://weatherwizkids.com)meteorologist What are some of the instruments that are used to observe and predict weather? Meteorologists use specialized equipment to improve the accuracyspecialized equipment of their predictions. Click the right arrow to move to the next page and become a Meteorologist!

15. Meteorology Weather Terms Observing and Predicting Weather Become a meteorologist! Before you begin, have your teacher print the cloud observation and weather data sheets so you can recordcloud observation weather data your observations. Begin your investigation and make weather predictions: Predict the weather and have fun with Ms. Weather Head: Tips for predicting weather: National Weather Service site on forecasting:

16. Weather Terms Look up weather terms on these sites: Predicting Weather Copyrights and Credits

17. Why do you see lightening before you hear thunder? Thunder and lightening set off together, but light travels faster than sound. It takes 5 seconds (3 seconds/kilometer) for sound to travel a mile whereas light travels at 300,000 kilometers/second. Lightening always arrives first, So that’s why you see the flash before you hear the boom of thunder. How far away is a thunderstorm? When you see the lightening flash, start counting the seconds until you hear the thunderclap. Divide the number of seconds by five to figure out how many miles away the storm is. Divide by three to calculate in kilometers. Facts from “Extraordinary Wild Weather”, Scholastic, Inc. Return to Thunderstorms

18. Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Galleries on DiscoverySchool.com and Microsoft.com Web Weather for Kids ~ http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather Weather Wiz Kids ~ http://weatherwizkids.comhttp://weatherwizkids.com The Weather Channel ~ http://www.weather.com/ The Evergreen Project, Inc ~ http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/index.htmhttp://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/index.htm National Geographic ~ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/ Scholastic ~ http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/ National Geographic Kids ~ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/ FEMA for Kids ~ http://www.fema.gov/kids/ http://skydiary.com/kids/chasing.html http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid263790609/bclid270937301/bctid736245416 http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/weather/sun.html http://www.mcwdn.org/WEATHER/WeatherMain.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/ http://www.brainpop.com/ Virtual field trip designed, created and copyrighted (©2007) by Susan M. MacMillan, Technology Integration Specialist, NH School System Copyrights and Credits Weather Terms End of Show

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