Hurricanes - Nova update on Katrina. Watch the video and give details on the characteristics of hurricanes.
NASA Cloud Observation Project
Weather Activities - Try three of these activities and write about your results.
Air Pressure on Everest - Summarize - focus on the factors that affect air pressure
Air Pressure - Summarize - Try some of the experiments and record your results
Tanker crushed - Look at pictures - In your words, described what happened.
Cloud Quiz - Look at the various cloud types, and then take the quiz
Weather Poetry - Check the link and write a science poem about the picture.
Postcards from Chile - Visit the Giant of Atacama, and then take notes on the Atacama Desert, the driest hot desert in the world!
Climate of the Southeast Pacific - This science expedition, VOCALS, is now studying the weather and climate systems of western South America. Describe some of the instruments and data that they are collecting.
Stamford Floods of 1954 and 1955 - Compare pictures of then and now
Tides - Describe how tides are caused, complete the word search and define the words
Polar Blogs: Read about scientists currently working in Antarctica. Describe their work, activities, and some of the technology that they use.
Dr. Robin Bell - Lamont Doherty Observatory - Mapping a Mountain Range beneath the Ice
Adrienne Block - Mapping the Last Mountain Range on Earth
Andrea Balbas - Determining Antarctica's Climate History with Sound
Connecticut Science Framework Focus Questions
1. What effect does heat have on the molecules of solids, liquids, and gases?
2. What effect do temperature, pressure, and water content have on local weather conditions?
3. What effect does the proximity to a large body of water to a large body of water have on local weather conditions?
4. How does unequal heating of the Earth's surface cause winds?
Layers of the Atmosphere - The National Weather Service reviews information on the layers of the atmosphere
El Nino - Read about the El Nino effect and look at current pictures of El Nino/La Nina data
The Water Cycle - USGS site with pictures and texts give a good explanation of the water cyc
Weather Map - Connect to this world wide interactive weather map to see what is happening around the world! Look for extreme weather events - watch videos - and view webcams to see what is currently happening!
How Weather Works - From How Stuff Works, an explanation of weather
Tides - What causes tides?
Clouds
Cloudspeak - Pictures and descriptions of clouds - NASA website
Weather systems - Review of all the forces that cause weather systems (27 minutes)
The Water Cycle - Quick video using models to show many of the parts of the water cycle