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Below is a list of our favorite Teacher & Student Weather/Climate Resource Links that can be used as teaching tools, starting points for research projects and general knowledge of weather and climate.
This is a link that shows The Weather Where You Live, Meteorology Education, Endangered & Threatened Marine Mammals, El Nino, Marine Sanctuaries and Estuarine Research. http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/teachers.html Build your own animation of the effects of a wave on a ship and the wave height by inputting the wind speed, fetch (area of open water in which wind blows), and wind direction (how long the wind blows in the same direction). http://www.thirteen.org/savageseas/multimedia/wavemachine.html From weather photos, sounds, and videos to articles and animation on avalanches, floods, hurricanes, lightning, and tornadoes, this site has it all for elementary, middle and high school. http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Weather/ A guide to NASA’s educational programs for teachers include workshops, fellowships, curriculum support materials, TV, video, and internet resources. http://education.nasa.gov/educators.html A guide to NASA’s educational programs for students include TV and internet resources, research and development opportunities, unique support programs, and career information. http://education.nasa.gov/students.html This site contains educational products and tools for students and teachers. It is from NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Build your own hurricanes with this website. http://www.discovery.com/stories/science/hurricanes/hurricanes.html EPA Climate Link for all kinds of technical information about the environment. For a site about global warming for kids http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/index.html For a slide show about global warming called 'Global Warming: Focus on the Future' http://www.enviroweb.org/edf/index.html For elementary student reading, activities and lesson plans in astronomy http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html For secondary student reading, activities and lesson plans in astronomy http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
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