Teaching Links

Science Search Engine

• Digital Library for Earth Science Education

Meteorology Glossary

• AMS Glossary of Meteorology

Online Weather Schools

• Meteorology Education and Training Home Page
• Module: Connecting Weather to the Environment
• Jetstream: Online weather school
• Weather Classroom from the Weather Channel

Teacher Resources

• National Science Education Standards
  
• NSF Earth and Environment Classroom Resources
• Meteorological Service of Canada educational materials
  
• Royal Meteorological Society’s Education Page
  
• Water the Environment Science and Teaching (WEST) Lessons
  
• Weather and Climate Resource List
  
• Weather, Seasons and Climate
  
• Web Weather For Kids
• Climate Resources
• Effects of Global Warming on Plants and Animals Worldwide
• Current Climate Resources
• Teaching Climate Change-Lessons from the past
• Basic Climate Lessons from the University of Utah (Acid Rain, Ozone hole, Carbon Dioxide and Ice Ages)

Universities with Meteorology Outreach Programs

• Universities with Meteorology Programs
• Ohio State University weather
  
• Penn. State Weather Links
  
• University of Northern Iowa's STORM Project
  
• Weather Guides at the University of Illinois

Weather for kids

• NASA's SciJinks Weather Laboratory
• National Weather Service Playtime for Kids
• Dr. Ed Hopkins' Homepage
• Hurricane Strike! Module for students
• Windows to the Universe

Climate lessons for kids

• Climate Change lessons for kids

Weather Projects involving Schools

• The GLOBE Program
• Project Atmosphere Australia

Weather Safety

• Hurricane Safety Tips from Red Cross
  
• Hurricane Strike! Module for students
  
• Kid’s Hazards Quiz: Are you prepared?

Weather Websites with Educational Materials

• The Weather Channel
• USA Today
• Weather Underground

Frequently Asked Questions

• What is the Jet Stream?
• What is the Dewpoint?
• Levels of the Atmosphere
• Snowflakes
• High Clouds
  
• Karl Popper, Knowledge without authority (1960) -Popper discusses the nature of scientific knowledge (and knowledge in general). 

• El Nino

•  Frequently asked questions about El Nino and La Nina
• El Nino Theme Page from NOAA
• El Nino Impacts
• La Nina Impacts
• El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Diagnostic Discussion
• Tropical Pacific Weekly Mean and Anomaly Sea Surface Temperatures

Earth Systems Teaching Conferences

• Satellites and Education Conference
• International Meteorology and Oceanography Educators Conference
• American Meteorological Society Conference- Education Symposium
• National Science Teachers Association

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Science Education News

• America's Current Science Competency

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Museums With Weather Exhibits

• Blue Hill Weather Observatory
• Franklin Institute’s Franklin's Forecast
• Mount Washington Weather Observatory
• Museum of Science in Boston
• National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Weather Research Center

For more science lesson links, go to the Science Lessons and the Climate Change pages.