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Unit of Work on Weather
General
Project Atmosphere Australia Online - includes online activities, classroom activities, weather topics and teacher support
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa2/Weather Scope - online collaborative project from Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/Wonderful World of Weather - online collaborative project from Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/weatherproj/teacher_guide.htmlBOM 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
http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/Students_Teachers/learnact.htmWeather Kit - from Bureau of Meteorology
http://www.bom.gov.au/info/weatherkit/index.shtmlPrimary Resources - from the Met Office, UK
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/primary/index.htmlJetStream: An Online Weather School - from NOAA, USA
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/Web Weather for Kids! - from University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/Web Weather for Kids!:Science Activities - from Web Weather for Kids, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/activities.htmlThe Weather Unit - from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/WEATHER/weather.htmlMeteorology - from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxmlWeather Wise: Learning about the Weather - from St Joseph's School, Renmark
http://www.stjoren.pp.catholic.edu.au/home/weather/The Lost Seasons - Indigenous weather knowledge from The Lab, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/indigenous/default.htmWater Cycle: The Earth's Gift - with activities for a week on Weather, from Maths/Science Nucleus
http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/wc/index.htmlMiscellaneous Symbols - weather symbols from Australian Weather News
http://www.australianweathernews.com/images/wxcode2.gifInteractive Climate Graph - from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/interactive_climate_map/climate_map.htmlWorld observations - data updated daily from around the world, from Met Office, UK
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/archive/overseas/observation_0.htmlThe Long Paddock - from Queensland Government
http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/
Weather Stations
Build Your Own Weather Station - from Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/weatherstation/Make Your Own Weather Station - from Franklin's Forecast, The Franklin Institute
http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.htmlMake a Weather Station - from Weather Scope, Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/activity1.shtml
Meteorological Data - Current
Current Observations - from WeatherZone
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/observations/observations.jsp?type=metarClimate Data and Further Information - from Bureau of Meteorology
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/how/Automatic Weather Station - Macquarie University, Ryde
http://aws.mq.edu.au/1min.phpAutomatic Weather Station - Sutherland Shire
http://home.pacific.net.au/~gregford/frwxauto.htmlAutomatic Weather Station - Hornsby
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~gm8228/Hornsby.htmSydney Weather - from Wunderground, search for any location
http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/94767.htmlCurrent Weather Conditions: Sydney Airport, Australia - from NOAA, search for other locations
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/YSSY.html
Meteorological Data - Long term
WorldClimate - search for long term data
http://www.worldclimate.com/HowOften - download software for Windows from The Long Paddock
http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/Products/HowOften/index.html
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
http://www.elliotswebsite.com/cws/eec1.phpWeather Report Videos - from Webster Central School District, USA
http://www.websterschools.org/webpages/wsmith/index.cfm?subpage=34230
Weather beyond Earth
Weather, Weather Everywhere - what is the weather like on our neighbours in the Solar System, from NASA
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/scitech/display.cfm?ST_ID=725
Temperature
The Sun Times: The Global Sun Temperature Project - a collaborative project from Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/tempproj3/en/About the WBGT and Apparent Temperature Indices - from Bureau of Meteorology
http://www.bom.gov.au/info/thermal_stress/Heat Index or Apparent Temperature - from ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/northqld/stories/s1251551.htmHeat Index - from JetStream: An Online Weather School
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/hi.htmHeat Index Calculator - from Rural Fire Service
http://www.nrg.com.au/~bushfire/calculators/heatindex.htmlWind Chill - from JetStream: An Online Weather School
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/chill.htm
Clouds
Clouds - from the Bureau of Meteorology
http://www.bom.gov.au/info/clouds/Observing Clouds - from Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12, NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/Observing_Clouds.htmlCloud Types - from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxmlCloud Formation - a lesson plan from LessonPlansPage.com
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Sciencecloudslesson.htmClouds - from Met Office, UK
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/secondary/students/clouds.htmlCloud Identification - from Mount Logan Middle School, USA
http://www.mlms.logan.k12.ut.us/science/weather/cloud_types.htmCloud Types - from University of Illinois
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxmlCloud Features and Phenomena - from Weather Photography Australia
http://australiasevereweather.com/photography/Web Weather for Kids!: Clouds - from Web Weather for Kids, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloudhome.htmlClouds - with CloudSpotter Wheel, Observation Chart and Cloud Classification Chart, from Jetstream: An online Weather School, National Weather Service, NOAA, USA
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/synoptic/clouds.htmCloud Symbols - on convenient to print table, from Australian Weather News
http://www.australianweathernews.com/images/wxcode2.gif
Rainbows
About Rainbows - from Unidata, an educational community that supports the use of data in science and environmental teaching
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/rnbw.htmlRainbows - includes simple demonstration
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/rainbow.htmQuestions about Rainbows - from Rainbow Valley
http://www.deltatech.com/rv/rainbows.htmlReflecting Rainbows - from the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/reflecting_rainbows.html
Wind
Blustery Beginnings - from Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu//tfi/units/energy/blustery.htmlWind Chill - from JetStream: An Online Weather School
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/chill.htm
Snow
Your online guide to snowflakes, snow crystals, and other ice phenomena ... - from SnowCrystals.com, California Institute of Technology
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/Borax Crystal Snowflake - from Jill Britton's HOME
http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/snow/boraxsnowflake.html
Disasters and natural phenomenon
Emergency Management Australia: Schools - teaching and learning resources from Emergency Management Australia, includes lesson notes, facts sheets and background information
http://www.ema.gov.au/schoolsWeb Weather for Kids!: Weather Stories - from Web Weather for Kids, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/storieslist.html