Tornadoes and Lightning and Floods, Oh My!

Weather-Related Web Sites
for K–12 Science Lessons

By Juanita Jo Matkins and Denise Murphy

Weather Topic

URL

air pressure

www.miamisci.org/hurricane/airpressure.html

ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/prs/home.rxml

bad meteorology

www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadMeteorology.html

clouds

http://athena.wednet.edu/curric/weather/pricloud/index.html

www.usatoday.com/weather/wcloud0.htm

drought

http://drought.unl.edu

www.netxn.com/~weedpatch/mother.html

floods

www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood/

www.canoe.ca/Flood/home.html

hurricanes

www.miamisci.org/hurricane/insideahurricane.html

www.hurricanehunters.com/welcome.htm

lightning

www.azstarnet.com/anubis/zaphome.htm

seasons

www.ucls.uchicago.edu/MartianSunTimes/docs/inv1.html

www.science-tech.nmstc.ca/maindex.cfm?idx=1388&language=english&
museum=sat&function=link&pidx=1388

temperature

www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/012992.html

www.temperatureworld.com/gi.htm

www.sonic.net/~anomaly/articles/ga00003e.shtml

tornadoes

http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/013tornado/index.html

water cycle

ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/home.rxml

weather instruments

www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weathertools.html

www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/support/science/lessons45/cricket.html

weather on other planets

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/
solar_system_level1/planets.html

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

wind

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/blustery.html

www.mountwashington.org/index.htm

http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/forces/html/oldhome.html

Juanita Jo Matkins, EdD, is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at the University of Virginia. An elementary teacher trained by the American Meteorological Society as an Atmospheric Education Resource Agent, she now teaches other soon-to-be elementary teachers. She can be reached at University of Virginia, Ruffner Hall, Room 216, 405 Emmet St., Charlottesville, VA 22903-2495; 804.924.0730; jjm7k@virginia.edu.

Denise Murphy recently completed her Masters of Teaching, specializing in K–8 education at the University of Virginia. She plans to teach middle- or upper-elementary school science in the fall. Using her passion for science, she wants to create a hands-on, student-centered, technologically innovative science classroom. She can be contacted at 10 University Circle, Apt. 6, Charlottesville, VA 22903; 804.963.7760; dmm4v@virginia.edu.