Glossary

• Condensation- When a substance changes state from a gas to a liquid
• Evaporation- When a substance changes state from a liquid to a gas
• Moisture- amount of liquid
• Precipitation- the amount of water that falls to the earth as rain, sleet, snow, mist, or hail
• Rain- water falling in drops from the clouds
• Trends- general direction taken in movement or change
• Water Cycle- Cycle in which the Earth’s water moves through the environment

Video

The Water Cycle

Processes that Shape the EarthThe second half of this video relates to goal 3.
The first half relates to goal 2.

Visualizing El Nino
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a000200/a000287/a000287.mpg

Weather
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/weather/

Natural Disasters
http://www.brainpop.com/science/naturalhazards/naturaldisasters/

Thunderstorms
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/thunderstorms/

Tornadoes
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/tornadoes/

Hurricanes
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/hurricanes/

Climate Types
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/climatetypes/

Clouds
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/clouds/

Humidity
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/humidity/

Ozone Layer
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/ozonelayer/

Seasons
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/seasons/

Wind
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/wind/

Earth’s Atmosphere
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weatherandclimate/earthsatmosphere/

Activities

Lab Form - Blank *note: specific form right of activity

Evaporation (3.01) - Lab Form
Evaporation 2 (3.01, 3.02) - Lab Form
Condensation (3.01) - Lab Form
Precipitation (3.01, 3.02) - Lab Form
Making a Rainbow (3.06) - Lab Form
Introducing... The Atmosphere! (3.03, 3.04, 3.06) - Lab Form
The Weather Report (3.05) - Lab Form

Make an anemometer
http://www.hobbyscience.com/weather.html

Air Pressure
http://fatlion.com/science/airpressure.html

Air Stream
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing_ball.html

Fog Chamber
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/fog_chamber.html

Homemade Barometer
http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/ExpHomemadeBarometer.htm

Weather with Latitude
http://edheads.org/activities/lesson_plans/pdf/weather_03.pdf

I Spy a Cloud in the Sky
http://edheads.org/activities/lesson_plans/pdf/weather_01.pdf

Tracking the Weather
http://edheads.org/activities/lesson_plans/pdf/weather_05.pdf

Literature Connections

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
In the town of "Chewandswallow" it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of
hamburgers until the weather takes a turn for the worse. 3.01

Out of the Dust   by Karen Hesse
Poems that describe life on a wheat farm in the dust bowl of Oklahoma during the depression. 3.01, 3.02

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning  by Rosalyn Schanzer
Ben Franklin's inventions and contraptions and focus on his famous kite flying during a rainstorm. 3.02

Wind and Air Pressure   by Alan Rodgers
An introduction to wind and air pressure through illustrations, showing impact on weather and ways to measure. 3.02

Cloud Cover   by Alan Rodgers
Clouds are examined and discussed using illustrations and text. 3.02

James and the Rain by Karla Kuskin
A counting book about a boy who goes out in the rain to play rainy day games with an increasing number of animals. 3.02

Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets
A small boy finds that his friend the wind is unpredictable and might roar, whisper, be silent, or tear things apart. 3.02, 3.06

The Cloud Book   by Tomie de Paola
This is a non-fiction book that gives you a lot of information about clouds. 3.03

Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest  by Steve Jenkins
Describes some of the most extreme places on earth. 3.06

Technology Connections

Edheads Weather

Cloud Types: A CERES S'COOL Project

GLOBE Cloud Exploration: Cloud Quiz

Climate Change Kid’s Site
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/cc.html

Test Your Climate Change Knowledge
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/games/kidsquiz.html

Climate Change Word Search
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/games/java/wordseek/index.html

Global Warming hangman
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/games/hangman.html

Climate Change Crossword Puzzle
 http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/games/crossword/crossword.html

Weather Maker. Click on the red handle to move it to the right, then start the interactive activity.
http://www.iknowthat.com/ScienceIllustrations/weather/science_desk.html

The Water Cycle and Weather. Click on the red handle to move it to the left, then use your mouse to hear pronunciations of water cycle vocabulary. Click on the book to read about weather.
http://www.iknowthat.com/ScienceIllustrations/weather/science_desk.html

Land Formations Activity. Learn to identify geological features using the interactive map.
http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/students/activities/landformations/

Climate Basics
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/climate_intro.html

Weather
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/climate_weather.html

What Makes a Climate?
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/climate_factors.html

Climatology
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/climate_climatology.html

Hurricanes
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/climate_hurricanes.html

Brain Trivia Game (several options, including weather)
 http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/zoom/noodle.pl?phase=
start&debug=0&done_topics=&total_done=&current_topics=&done_questions=&total_score=&current_question=

Questions

Test Results

Activities

Water Wheel

Water Cycle

Quiz