Climate & Weather

• Click on this link to view a map of the world's climate index - by climate-charts.com
• Check out the National Geographic map of the world's climate zones.  It's so cool! This map is  from the National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers (1998).
• Learn how to read surface maps with temperature contours.  Go to the WW2010 Web Site by Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Go to WorldClimate.com to find the climate for your specific city or town.  You get all the data from your city!
• Go to Brainpop: Climate Types and view the video.  Then take the quiz.  How did you do?

The Weather - Predictions and More

• Click here for the NOAA Web Site to acquire weather data.
• Do you want to learn how to predict the weather?  How do meteroligists predict the weather.  Click on the following and read more to find out how - by http://www.boscobel.k12.wi.us/.
• Use this Class Weather Data Table on FOSS Web to enter your daily findings.
• Do you want to know how the weather is in your area? Click on this interactive map from the Weather Channel and find out more.
• To view weather maps of current conditions Click the Hydrometerological Prediction Center - HPC Daily Forecast Map Archive.  This Web Site archives (saves) NOAA weather maps.
• Go to this FOSS Web activity to learn how to read weather maps & predict weather.

Weather & Climate - The Greenhouse Effect

What do you want to explore today? There is a lot to do. Just check out the list of fun activities:

1. Click here to create your own Weather Report by Berkley Edu.
2. The Meteorologist is counting on you to help him label his weather map.  Click on Power to Learn for a Weather Flash experience!
3. Go to Weather Wiz Kids to find out all about weather! Just look at all the selections in this site!
4. The Sun Tracker will show you how the sun appears from our Earth. You can see any season or time of day from anywhere in the world!
5. Learn what makes weather wet and wild, complete cool activities, and become hot at forecasting the weather on Web Weather for Kids!
6. Want to see a video on climate? Then click here by Nasa for Kids.
7. Go Backwards and forward in time to see how the Earth Changes by Nasa for Kids.
8. Play this game where YOU change the weather by Teacher Scholastic.
9. Click here to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius with ease by EdHeads.
10. Predict and report the weather here! Go to Edheads Weather for fun.
11. Go to Sky Watch: Signs of the Weather by Jerry Wilson to read more.  Learn new vocabulary words too!
12. Make your own weather on this Scholastic Weather Maker.
13. Try your own weather experiments on this Scholastic Web Site with so much for you to learn and investigate.

Want to know more about the Greenhouse Effect?

• Select View On line (free): “The Earth and the Greenhouse Effect” and “The Green House Effect”
  http://www.absorblearning.com/media/item.action?quick=9j
• Play this Carbon Cycle game!