VIDEO REFERENCE:
Workshop 8

WEATHER and METEOROLOGY

The Weather Channel Learning Center

Lesson plans, resources, and activities from the Weather Channel. Also a source to check your local weather.
http://www.weather.com/activities/homeandgarden/schoolday/

The Weather Underground

Site designed to help K-12 classrooms learn about weather. http://groundhog.sprl.umich.edu/index.html

Channel 7 Boston - Weather Forcast

Weather pages from a local television station in Boston, MA, where meterologist Mishelle Michaels works. Links other useful weather information around the world.
http://www.whdh.com/weather/

The World Weather Project 22010

A comprehensive Earth science site from the University of Illinois. Includes topics such as air pressure, water cycles, clouds and more.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml

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CLIMATOLOGY

Live Access to Climate Data

http://dataportal.ucar.edu/arcas/main.html

Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN)

A collection of links about local, national, and international weather.
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/

NASA Fact Sheets

Explores major issues and natural phenomena related to the Earth and its environement including Global warming, El Niño, La Niña, and pollution.
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_educators/facts.php

Weather and Climate on the Web

An extensive collection of links about varied topics related to weather. From the National Severe Storm Laboratory.
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/

Global Change

From the U.S. Global Survey. Activities and information about Biology, Geology, Hydrology, and Geography can help you and your students understand our changing world.
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/

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AIR PRESSURE

Air Pressure Observing Pressure

From the Miami Museum of Science
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/airpressure.html

The Pressure Module

An online meteorology guide from the University of Illinois http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/prs/home.rxml

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CLOUDS

All About Clouds

An explanation of the types of clouds from USAToday Weather.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wcloud0.htm

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WIND

Blustery Beginnings

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

Forces and Winds

From the Department of Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne
http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/forces/html/oldhome.html

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