Subject Clouds

Link: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/synoptic/ll_clouds1.htm

Description: NOAA: Jetstream: An Online School for Weather: Topics include Head in the Clouds, Atmospheric Collisions, It's the "Rain" Man, Drawing Conclusions

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Learning Lesson Plans

Subject: Clouds

Link: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/synoptic/synoptic_intro.htm

Description: Synoptic Meteorology Topics include clouds, precipitation, air masses, cyclone models, winds, weather maps

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Learning Lessons Plans

Subject: Clouds, MY NASA DATA

Link: http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/Storm_Clouds.html

Description: Storm Clouds: Fly over a Late Winter Storm onboard a NASA Earth Observing Satellite. To use CERES cloud data and a weather map to explore cloud coverage during a winter storm

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Lessons Plans

Subject: Cloud Identification

Link: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/synoptic/synoptic_intro.htm

Description: Cloud Profile: Topics include clouds, precipitation, air masses, cyclone models, winds, weather maps

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Lesson Plans

Subject: Clouds

Link: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/synoptic/ll_clouds1.htm

Description: Topics include Head in the Clouds, Atmospheric Collisions, It's the "Rain" Man, Drawing Conclusions

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Learning Lesson Plans

Subject: Snow Crystals and Snow flakes

Link: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/

Description: The many facets of snow crystals are described here, along with attempts to understand their formation.

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, Professional, General Public

Resource Type: Field Activity, Illustration - Scientific, Photograph, Video, Reference material

Subject: Clouds

Link: http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/

Description: Students Cloud Observation On-line Project: Compare the surface- and space-based observations to learn more about clouds and climate

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

'Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Computer Activity, Field Activity, Lesson Plan, Project, Reference Material

Subject: Precipitation

Link: http://www.globe.gov/tctg/precip.pdf?sectionId=12

Description: Precipitation Protocols: The purpose of this activity is to determine the amount of moisture input to the local environment by measuring rain and snowfall and to measure the pH of precipitation. To do so students use a rain gauge and a snowboard to measure the daily amount of precipitation. Special pH measuring techniques for precipitation are used to determine the pH of rain and melted snow. Intended outcomes are that students

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Field Activity, Guide for Instructor

Subject: Clouds and Precipitation

Link: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/home.rxml

Description: This site covers many of the components of cloud formation and cloud types. Although written for the high school level, the middle school student could grasp most of the concepts with the assistance from the teacher. Specific concepts covered include the importance of and mechanisms that produce rising air, cloud types, and types of precipitation.

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Tutorial

Subject: Precipitation

Title: My NASA DATA User Contributed Lesson 18 Does cloud type affect rainfall

Link: http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/L18_Spiegl.html

Description: Students will hypothesize what types of clouds they believe will create the most precipitation (rainfall) over Nashville, TN

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Subject: Acid Rain

Link: http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/index.html

Description: This web site introduces students to the concepts and issues surrounding acid rain. There is an acid rain animation, as well as online activities for younger students

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle school

Resource Type: Computer Activity, Reference Material

Subject: Gravity

Link: http://www.kids.union.edu/fsnCenterOfGravity.htm

Description: This is a simple classroom activity requiring few materials, but fosters deep thinking and applications to real world concepts. Step by step instructions along with extension questions will help students better understand gravity.

Grade level: Middle School

Resource Type: Classroom Experiment

Subject: Gravity

Link: http://www.projectshum.org/Gravity/

Description: This website provides a basic understanding about the invisible force that affect mass. Theories about gravity, including Newton and Einstein, are provided and explained in simple terms for easy comprehension.

Grade level: Middle School

Resource Type: Reference Material

Subject: Meteorology, Condensation, Evaporation

Link: http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/old_site/second/2K1.shtml

Description: Students will be able to learn about the concept of weather by first understanding key terms like condensation, evaporation, and the water cycle. This lesson plan details the entire activity, like suggestions on what to say, materials, time outline, and closing discussion.

Grade level: Elementary School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Lesson Plan

Subject: All about SNOW

Link: http://nsidc.org/snow/index.html

Description: General information about snow/snow fact sheet, a glossary for snow terminology and weather terms, and a photo gallery of snow storms, ice storms, blizzards, avalanches, and other snow phenomena

Grade level: Elementary School , Middle School, High School, General Public

Resource Type: Photograph, Glossary, Reference material

Subject: Advection

Link: http://earthstorm.ocs.ou.edu/materials/les_moisturead.php

Description: Students will observe how atmospheric moisture moves by advection (transport by wind) and make conclusions about why the moisture changed in different parts of Oklahoma. They will view animations of wind and dewpoint temperature data, answer questions about what they see, and determine the preferred location(s) for the advection of moisture into the state and what region

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Computer Activity, Lesson Plan

Subject: My NASA DATA Contributed Lesson 13: Does Humidity Affect Cloud Formation?

Link: http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/L13_Bradley.htm

Description: Students download cloud coverage and surface data from the NASA CERES S-COOL website student observation database, then use the Excel spreadsheet program to develop plots of the data. Students explore the relationship between cloud coverage and humidity for low-, mid-, and high-level clouds.

Grade level: Middle School

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Subject: Total column ozone/ What was the total column ozone amount over your house?

Link: http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/teacher/ozone_overhead_archive.html

Description: NASA web site allows users to determine the total column ozone amount over a particular location for most dates between November, 1978 and December, 1994 and from August, 1996 to today

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College

Resource Type: Calculation/Conversion Tool

Subject: Introduction to the Atmosphere

Link: http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_1_1.htm

Description: A brief overview of the properties associated with the atmosphere, the thin envelope of air that surrounds our planet and is a mixture of gases, each with its own physical properties.

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Illustration - Scientific, Reference Material

Subject: Water Vapor Circulation on Earth

Link: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/ess05/sci/ess/watcyc/cloudprecip/index.html

Description: This simulation from the National Center for Atmospheric Research shows the circulation of water vapor around the Earth over the course of a year.

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Video

Subject: Water Vapor Protocol

Link: http://www.globe.gov/tctg/atmo_prot_watervapor.pdf?sectionId=283

Description: The purpose of this activity is to measure the total precipitable water vapor (column water vapor) in the atmosphere above an observer's site.

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Field Activity, Guide for Instructor

Subject: The Weather Dude

Link: http://www.wxdude.com/index.html

Description: The site hosts an on-line weather basics book with information about clouds, thunder and lightning, precipitation, meteorology, snow, the Sun, air pressure, seasons, forecasting, ...

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School

Resource Type:Classroom Activity, Visualization - Scientific, Book - Text, Music, Ask an expert, Clearinghouse

Subject: Weather Outreach

Link: http://www.weatheroutreach.org/

Description: Collection of weather resources includes lessons, a photo gallery, and links to information on current weather conditions and climate change. The lessons include presentations on naming clouds, weather forecasting, and the effects of the Great Salt Lake on Weather and climate.

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Educational Portal