Teachers Helper: The Weather

Teaching about the weather can be fun and we hope these resources, books, posters, games, activities, and website links will help make it easier! Since we know how busy you are, we've done the research for you!

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Weather Games for the Classroom

Weather Quiz Master: Grades 3-4 - (Suitable for Grade 3 - 4 Students) Quiz master 'jeopardy' style game about weather for students.

Weather Quiz Master: Grades 7-8 - (Suitable for Grade 7 - 8 Students) Quiz master 'jeopardy' style game about weather for students.

Weather Island Science Adventure - provides a short story where the characters must solve a problem or a mystery using different parts of the Elementary Science Curriculum. This gives students a starting point and a focus of interest to learn about the curriculum. Activities and guided discussions with complete instructions for the Teacher.

Weather Kit By Homeschool / Learning Resources Inc Each kit includes materials for more than 30 hands on science activities. 32 Page Teacher's Guide with instructions, cross cirricular extensions and Blackline Masters. Creative problem solving approaches to real world situations.

Weather Vane By Didax Educational Resources Students will find this Weather Vane simple to use as they experiment with wind direction and velocity. This practical instrument can be either handheld or permanently-fixed.

Weather Theme Posters

Posters are a must for teaching students about weather! Weather posters include hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, thunderstorms, weather cycle, and more.
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The Weather - Online Resources

Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page - Chief Meteorologist (WHNT-TV Huntsville, Alabama), Dan Satterfield, has put together some pages all about weather for kids ages 6 - 16. It also includes a resource page for teachers.

How To Make a Weather Station - Easy to follow instructions for making a simple weather station with mostly household materials. Great project for the classroom.

NOAA Research - This site provides middle school science students and teachers with research and investigation experiences using on-line resources.

Weather Wiz Kids® - This site is designed by Meteorologist Crystal Wicker, a television meteorologist for the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her goal is to help kids learn more about the fascinating world of weather. This site also has educational tools for teachers and parents to explain the different types of weather to children.

Online Games below are thanks to: www.SurfingtheNetwithKids.com

Weather Word Search

Acid Rain Crossword

Earthquake Crossword

Recommended Resource Books

Weather By Janice VanCleave / John Wiley & Sons Why does it Rain? Waht causes thunder and lightning? How does a cloud form? This book features 20 fun and simple experiments that allow you to discover the answers to these and other fascinating questions about weather, plus dozens of additional suggestions for developing your own science fair projects. Learn what causes lightning with a simple experiment using a roll of tape in a darkened room. Make a barometer from a soda bottle, straws, modeling clay, and colored water. Use a shoe box, plastic wrap, and some soil to understand the greenhouse effect. All experiments use inexpensive household materials and involve a minimum of preparation and cleanup.

A Unit About Weather: Grades 3-6 By Bob Deweese / Evan-moor Educational Publishe This unit study on weather includes teacher resource pages, activities for subject areas of science, art, math, writing, critical thinking, and more; bibliography of fiction and nonfiction; teacher directed lessons and independent activities. Grades 3-6. This book is reproducible and answers are included.

Weather, Thematic Unit By Teacher Created Resources Thematic Units make planning unit studies easy! Integrating cross-curricular topics with different works of literature, students will learn through reading, writing, listening, illustrating, and many hands-on activities. With units involving language arts, math, social studies, science, arts and crafts, movement and life skills, students will study both in-depth and with enthusiasm! Based upon well-received children's books, each section includes a summary, sample weekly plan, and overview of activities with ideas for setting the stage and enjoying the book. Cross-curricular step-by-step activities, reproducible blackline masters, worksheets, activities, and reinforcement exercises follow. Perfect for an enjoyable and simple-to-use thematic study for both student and teacher! 80 reproducible pages, softcover. Answers included. Grades 1-3. This Thematic Unit focuses on Weather and uses the books Cloudy with a chance of meatballs by Judi Barrett The cloud book by Tomie dePaola

The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting By Mark Breen / Ideals Publications Inc Build a weather station, "Read" the sky, and make predictions! Imagine how proud anyone would be advising friends to bring an umbrella--before that surprise shower! With this book, kids will be doing that and much more. Kids build their own weather equipment! The learning happens when kids make everything from scratch: a psychrometer, a barometer, a hair hygrometer, and a rain gauge--not to mention a rooster wind vane. Plus, kids will also learn to record their observations, spot trends, make predictions, read clouds and more. 140 pages, softcover. Ages 7-13.

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