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Unit of Work on Weather
General
Project Atmosphere Australia Online - includes online activities, classroom activities, weather topics and teacher support
Weather Scope - online collaborative project from Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
Wonderful World of Weather - online collaborative project from Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
BOM Learning Activities - from Bureau of Meteorology, curriculum materials for science, mathematics, human society and the environment and the arts, teachers notes and student sheets, plus online activities
Weather Kit - from Australian Bureau of Meteorology
All about the weather - from the Met Office, UK
JetStream: An Online Weather School - from NOAA, USA
Web Weather for Kids! and Science activities - from University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Meteorology - from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Weather Wise: Learning about the Weather - from St Joseph's School, Renmark
The Lost Seasons - Indigenous weather knowledge from The Lab, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Water Cycle: The Earth's Gift - with activities for a week on Weather, from Maths/Science Nucleus
Miscellaneous Symbols - weather symbols from Australian Weather News
Interactive Climate Graph - from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
The Long Paddock - climate management information, from Queensland Government
Weather Stations
Build Your Own Weather Station - from Discovery School
Make Your Own Weather Station - from Franklin's Forecast, The Franklin Institute
Make a Weather Station - from Weather Scope, Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
Meteorological Data - Current
Climate Data and Further Information - from Bureau of Meteorology
Automatic Weather Station - Macquarie University, Ryde
Automatic Weather Station - Sutherland Shire
Current Weather Conditions: Sydney Airport, Australia - from NOAA, search for other locations
Meteorological Data - Long term
WorldClimate - search for long term data for cities around the world
HowOften - download software for Windows from The Long Paddock - a user-friendly educational tool and decision support aid available free of charge from the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) group
Examples of School and Personal Weather Pages
Caulfield South Weather Station - personal weather page set up by Caulfield South Weather Station, Caulfield, Melbourne, good example of what a school might develop
Weather Report Videos - from Webster Central School District, USA
Weather beyond Earth
Weather, Weather Everywhere - what is the weather like on our neighbours in the Solar System, from NASA
Temperature
The Sun Times: The Global Sun Temperature Project - a collaborative project from Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
About the WBGT and Apparent Temperature Indices - from Bureau of Meteorology
Heat Index - from JetStream: An Online Weather School
Wind Chill - from JetStream: An Online Weather School
Clouds
Clouds - from the Bureau of Meteorology
Cloud Types - from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cloud Formation - a lesson plan from LessonPlansPage.com
Understanding weather - from Met Office, UK - Weather and climate information to support lesson planning
Cloud Features and Phenomena - from Weather Photography Australia
Web Weather for Kids!: Clouds - from Web Weather for Kids, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Clouds - with CloudSpotter Wheel, Observation Chart and Cloud Classification Chart, from Jetstream: An online Weather School, National Weather Service, NOAA, USA
Cloud Symbols - on convenient to print table, from Australian Weather News
Observing Clouds - a reference on how clouds are formed and different types of clouds
Rainbows
Rainbows - includes simple demonstration
Questions about Rainbows - from Rainbow Valley
Reflecting Rainbows - from the Exploratorium
Wind
Wind Chill - from JetStream: An Online Weather School
Snow
Your online guide to snowflakes, snow crystals, and other ice phenomena ... - from SnowCrystals.com, California Institute of Technology
Borax Crystal Snowflake - grow a snowflake in a jar, from Jill Britton's HOME
Disasters and natural phenomenon
Emergency Management Australia: Schools - teaching and learning resources from Emergency Management Australia, includes lesson notes, facts sheets and background information
Web Weather for Kids!: Weather Stories - from Web Weather for Kids, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research