COSEE-West
Weather and Climate
Lecture, September 29, 2010 and Workshop, October 2, 2010
WEBSITES
Resources
AUD = audio
ANI = animation
General websites about Weather and Climate
NOAA National Weather Service
www.weather.gov
Forecast Office for LA/Oxnard: www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox
Los Angeles Center Weather Unit: www.wrh.noaa.gov/zla
Sky Watcher Chart front and back: www.nws.noaa.gov/os/brochures/cloudchart.pdf
NOAA National Climatic Data Center
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
NOAA satellite and information service: geostationary satellite server
www.goes.noaa.gov
Weather World 2010 Project
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml
The National Center for Atmospheric Research and UCAR
http://eo.ucar.edu/basics/index.html
Mathematical connections: eo.ucar.edu/skymath
Windows to the Universe
www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/overview.html
Climate:
www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/climate.html
Urban heat island effect
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/urban_heat.html
Climate vs. Weather: What’s the difference?
EPA For Kids: www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/climateweather.html
NASA: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather.html
NCAR & UCAR: eo.ucar.edu/basics/
Weather & Climate Glossaries, Weather Symbol Guides
Weather vocabulary in English and Spanish:
www.spanish-talk.co.uk/spanish-vocabulary/spanish-weather-vocabulary/
spanish.about.com/cs/vocabulary/a/weathervocab.htm
COSEE-West
Weather and Climate
Lecture, September 29, 2010 and Workshop, October 2, 2010
Resources
Drawings of weather and words
labmat.com.pt/bri/wp-content/gallery/vocabulary-worksheets/the-weathervocabulary_0.jpg
NOAA National Weather Service’s Climate glossary
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outreach/glossary.shtml
The Weather Channel’s Weather Glossary: www.weather.com/glossary/a.html
Weather symbols, NOAA: www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/stationplot.shtml
Severe Weather
NOAA NWS Severe Weather Center
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/
Community collaborative rain, hail, and snow network
http://www.cocorahs.org/
US Tsunami Detection Improves, but Coastal Areas Still Vulnerable, Report Finds
(Science Daily: September 18, 2010)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917151844.htm
2010 Was Fourth Warmest US Summer on Record (Science Daily: September 14, 2010)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100913165150.htm
Storm Intensity and Sea Surface Temperature (Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2006)
www.usc.edu/org/coseewest/March06Resources/BackgroundInfoArticles/StormIntensity_SeaTemp.doc
Earthwatch Radio Script: “Strange Weather” AUD
A climatologist has an ear for the odd stop, and he’s compiled them in a new book about freakish
weather.
http://ewradio.org/program.aspx?ProgramID=4248
Hurricane Earl as seen by the International Space Station AUD
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html
Animation of freshwater dumped by Hurricane Isabela ANI
http://aquarius.nasa.gov/images/isabel_rain.mpg
Climate Change
United States Environmental Protection Agency
http://epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
Site for kids
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Weather and Climate
Lecture, September 29, 2010 and Workshop, October 2, 2010
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http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
Earthwatch Radio Script: “Record Attempt” AUD
A collection of extreme weather reports could help scientists determine what's
normal and what's not in a climate that's rapidly changing.
http://ewradio.org/program.aspx?ProgramID=4267
El Nino/PDO
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
http://jisao.washington.edu/pdo/
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mantua/REPORTS/PDO/PDO_egec.htm
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mantua/REPORTS/PDO/PDO_cs.htm
NOAA’s El Nino theme page: access to distributed information about El Nino
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/nino-home.html
OceanGLOBE powerpoint on El Nino
http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/ppt/elnino/elnino.htm
Ocean Circulation
OceanGLOBE powerpoint on Ocean Circulation
http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/ppt/oceancircNotes/OceanCirculation.htm
United Nations Environment Programme: Great Ocean Conveyor Belt map
http://www.grida.no/climate/vital/32.htm
Weather Maps
Precipitation maps
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/precip.html
Weather maps
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/wx/surface.rxml#slp
Testing your weather map reading skills
http://www.sercc.com/education_files/wxmap/wxmap.html
Forecasting
New Report Seeks to Improve Climate Forecasts (Science Daily: September 10, 2010)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100908160350.htm
The National Center for Atmospheric Research and UCAR
Tips for forecasting the weather: eo.ucar.edu/webweather/forecasttips.html
Weather Forecasting Methods - Weather World 2010 Project
COSEE-West
Weather and Climate
Lecture, September 29, 2010 and Workshop, October 2, 2010
Resources
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/fcst/home.rxml
Lesson Plans, Curriculum, Teacher Resources, Games
Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows2universe.org/games/games.html
Latitude and Longitude
http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/March06Resources/Activities/latitude-longitude.doc
temperature, humidity, sun energy
Forecasting Temperatures - WW2010: the weather world 2010 project
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/crclm/act/ftmp.rxml
Temperature Scales and Conversions worksheet - Montana State University Math Dept
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/worksheet3.html
answer key
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/answer3.html
Worksheet: California's Climate and Characteristic Biomes
Confronting Climate Change in California, p 24, Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/ca_curriculum_guide_final.pdf
from "Down to Earth: Solutions for Math and Science", Project AIMS, grades 5-9, 1984
• Dripping Wet (relative humidity), p1 teacher manual, p 1-5 student pages
• When You're Hot, You're Hot! (heat absorption, radiant and solar energy), p2 teacher
manual, p6-7 student pages
• Hot Spot (sun's angle and it's effect on energy received), p3-4 teacher manual, p8
student pages
wind and air masses, wind and ocean, movement
Wind Speed Worksheet - Montana State University Math Department
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/worksheet4.html
answer key
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/answer4.html
Air Masses - WW2010: the weather world 2010 project
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/crclm/act/arms.rxml
Pressure Activity - WW2010: the weather world 2010 project
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/crclm/act/prs.rxml
Mysterious Coin activity – NASA
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Summer_Training/FranktonES/mysterious_coin_activity.html
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Lecture, September 29, 2010 and Workshop, October 2, 2010
Floating Bag activity - NASA
Resources
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Summer_Training/FranktonES/floating_bag_activity.html
Quick Quiz Advanced Atmosphere Assessment - Montana State University Math
Department
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/assess.html
answer key
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/assess_key.html
Introducing Wind p38 & Session 2: Demonstrating Wind-Driven Currents, p39
from Ocean Currents: Marine Science Activities for Grades 5-8, GEMS LHS, Lawrence
Hall of Science, UC Berkeley
http://lawrencehallofscience.org/gems/oceancurrents.html
Comparing Ocean Currents with Wind Circulation Record Sheet
http://studyofplace.terc.edu/ActivityContent/M2_A3_S02b.html
Coriolis Effect activity, NOAA National Weather Service
http://www.weather.gov/os/educ/activit/coriolis.htm
weather
Reading Weather Maps
http://www.can-do.com/uci/ssi2001/weathermaps.html
Interactive online Hangman of weather vocabulary
http://www.quia.com/hm/321039.html
Interactive online Jeopardy for 1 or 2 players of weather vocabulary
http://www.quia.com/cb/216529.html
Precipitation along fronts - WW2010: the weather world 2010 project
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/crclm/act/fpr.rxml
Forecasting Precipitation - WW2010: the weather world 2010 project
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/crclm/act/fprcp.rxml
Weather Symbol Activity - Montana State University Math Department
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/wsymbol.html
answer key
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/wsymbol_key.html
Interpreting Weather Symbols - WW2010: the weather world 2010 project
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/crclm/act/wx.rxml
COSEE-West
Weather and Climate
Lecture, September 29, 2010 and Workshop, October 2, 2010
Resources
Weather Worksheet - WW2010: the weather world 2010 project
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/worksheet1.html
answer key
www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/assessment/advanced/answer1.html
What's Up With the Weather? Program - NOVA Online
program overview
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/programs/27gw_warming.html
classroom activity
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/27gw_warming.html
What's up with the weather? Temperature Trends, Part I - Student Handout
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/27gw_warming_01.html
What's up with the weather? Temperature Trends, Part II - Student Handout
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/27gw_warming_03.html
What's up with the weather? Temperature Graph - Student Handout
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/27gw_warming_02.html
The GOES POES Wild World of Weather Adventure Game - NOAA NASA JPL
http://scijinks.nasa.gov/_media/en/downloads/posters/boardgame_frnt_full_size.pdf
The World of Weather Folklore and Game instructions
http://scijinks.nasa.gov/_media/en/downloads/posters/GOESboardgame_back.pdf
Lots of weather related activities - University of Illinois WW2010
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/home.rxml
Make your own weather station, including anemometer, barometer and weather vane
http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/Jun21-252010/Building%20a%20Weather%20Station.pdf
Wonders of Weather
http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/March06Resources/Activities/wondersofweather.doc
NASA weather games
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/slyder/index.shtml
weather/climate phenomena
OceanGLOBE Powerpoints & activities
http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/slides.htm
http://www.msc.ucla.edu/oceanglobe/investigations.htm
El Niño skit designed for primary grades
http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/education/el-nino-skit.html
Extreme Weather Bingo: Cards, Terms, Tokens
http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/March06Resources/Activities/ExtremeWeatherBingo/Xweatherbingo-cards.ppt
COSEE-West
Weather and Climate
Lecture, September 29, 2010 and Workshop, October 2, 2010
Resources
http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/March06Resources/Activities/ExtremeWeatherBingo/XWeatherbingo-terms.doc
http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/March06Resources/Activities/ExtremeWeatherBingo/XWeatherbingo-tokens-grey.pdf
Storm Surge
http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/March06Resources/Activities/storm-surge.doc
Games related to climate change
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_games.html
BOOKS
Ocean Currents: Marine Science Activities for Grades 5-8, Teacher’s Guide
Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA, 2001, ISBN: 0-924886-44-7
The Nature Companions Weather Watching
2006 Fog City Press
consultant editor Richard Whitaker, ISBN: 1-740893-79-4
The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book: A Unique Way to Predict the Weather Accurately
and Easily by Reading the Clouds (Paperback)
by Louis D. Rubin Sr.
Algonquin Books, 1989, 71 pages, ISBN-10: 0912697105
Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather (Paperback)
by Vincent J. Schaefer
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2nd edition, 1998, 128 pages, ISBN-10: 0395906636
The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting (Williamson Kids Can! Series) (Paperback)
By Breen
Ideals, 2008, 144 pages, Reading level: Ages 9-12, ISBN-10: 0824968239
Weather and Climate: Geography Facts and Experiments (Young Discoverers Series)
(Paperback)
By Barbara Taylor
Kingfisher, 2002, 32 pages, Reading level: Ages 4-8, ISBN-10: 0753455099
Air, Water, & Weather: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can
Teach It (Paperback)
by William C. Robertson
National Science Teachers Association; sku PB169X6 edition, 2005, 134 pages
ISBN-10: 0873552385
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Weather
By Simon, Seymour
Collins, 2006, 40 pages, Reading level: Ages 4-8, ISBN-10: 0060884398