Browse Weather Resources

Browse Weather Resources

Climate Science in Focus: A Streamflow River Study

http://www.nps.gov/depo/forteachers/classrooms/upload/Entire-5th-Grade-Curriculum-Unit-3.pdf
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Water Cycle, Earth Systems, Water & Life, Weather, Climate, Human Impact, Data, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Keywords: 
watershed, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere
Summary: 
This curriculum for 9th grade was designed to help students develop and understanding of climate change, how scientists study climate change, and what can be done locally to address climate change issues.

Examining Precipitation on a Globe of Blue

Magnifying glass over a globe.
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Technology, Satellites, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Outreach, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
rain gauge, GPM instruments, GPM Microwave Imager, Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar, measuring precipitation
Summary: 
Read about why we need to measure precipitation from space, instead of relying solely on ground-based measurements.

Building for Hurricanes: Engineering Design Challenge

hurricane from space
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Weather, Tropical Cyclones
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, K - 5
Standards: 
ETS2.B
Keywords: 
engineering, hurricane damage, natural disasters
Summary: 
In this engineering design challenge, students build a tower to resist a simulated hurricane.

Water Falls Post-Visit Lesson

Satellite image of Hurricane Guillaume
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Water Cycle, Earth Systems, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Satellites
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
rain gauges, hot towers, natural hazards
Summary: 
In this lesson, students will learn about hurricanes as a natural hazard. They will learn about technologies that have been developed to mitigate their devastating effects.

Observing Monsoon Weather Patterns with TRMM Data

Observing Monsoon Weather Patterns with TRMM Data
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather and Climate, Weather, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.D
Keywords: 
monsoon, seasonal winds, seasons, India, TRMM, precipitation patterns
Summary: 
Students will learn about measuring precipitation on the ground and using satellites, and use satellite data to analyze the reason for the monsoon weather pattern in India.

Launch of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Satellite

Launch of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Satellite
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Weather, Satellites, Launch Vehicle
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, General
Keywords: 
TRMM, JAXA, launch, rockets, H-IIA
Summary: 
This video shows the launch of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite on November 27th, 1997 from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. TRMM was launched on JAXA's H-IIA rocket.

Weather & Climate iQuest

Hurricane approaching Florida
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Climate, Human Impact, Energy Cycle, Satellites, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D
Keywords: 
global warming, extreme weather
Summary: 
This IQuest has been developed to help you explore the wild and changing world of weather and climate. Weather and climate are shaped by complex interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, clouds, ice, land, and life forms.

Floods iQuest

IFloods Logo
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Societal Applications, Floods
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS3.B, ESS3.D
Keywords: 
floods, field campaign, natural disasters
Summary: 
This is an introductory lesson to acquaint middle school students to many aspects of a serious and common natural disaster; flooding. Students will be directed to visit websites where they will interact with various types of media.

Faces of GPM: Professor Steve Nesbitt, GPM Ground Validation Scientist

Faces of GPM with Steve Nesbitt
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
snow, GCPEx, Canada, Faces of GPM, careers, ground validation, field campaigns
Summary: 
Profile of Steve Nesbitt, a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois and a mission scientist on GPM ground validation field campaigns.

Towers in the Tempest

Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Energy Cycle, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
hurricanes, hot towers, TRMM, low pressure
Summary: 
'Towers in the Tempest' is a 4.5 minute narrated animation that explains recent scientific insights into how hurricanes intensify. This intensification can be caused by a phenomenon called a 'hot tower'.

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