This is a curriculum for teachers used to promote learning science, math, and technology using weather as a vehicle across the K-12 curriculum.
http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/index.html
Features: Hands-on Investigation, Graphics/Multimedia, Data Sources
Ever wonder how scientists use satellite data? This module is a beginner's guide to the use of GOES imagery. The module allows the learner the opportunity to select parts or to view the whole tutorial.
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/newgoes/gimgrtoc.htm
Features: Online Interactivity, Graphics/Multimedia, Data Sources, Misconceptions
In this two-part activity, students will observe convective currents in water and observe the air as a fluid.
http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_1_2_7t.htm
Features: Lesson Ideas
This activity describes how to set up a model of the water cycle using an aquarium, water, ice, and a lamp.
http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/activities/ts1ssac2.pdf
Features: Hands-on Investigation, Lesson Ideas, Data Sources
Students investigate the effect of temperature on the density of air. They learn that less dense air rises relative to surrounding air. More dense air sinks relative to the surrounding air.
http://education.arm.gov/teacherslounge/lessons/airdensity.stm
Features: Hands-on Investigation, Lesson Ideas, Inquiry Materials
Using data from weather instruments at three locations - North Slope of Alaska, Southern Great Plains, and the Tropical Western Pacific - students compare temperature, pressure, and humidity and answer investigative questions.
http://education.arm.gov/teacherslounge/lessons/comparingdata.pdf
Features: Hands-on Investigation, Lesson Ideas, Data Sources
