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Weather and Climate for Kindergarten and Grade 3 Collection

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Weather and Climate appear in Kindergarten and grade. This Collection provides resources to help teachers to increase their content knowledge as well as instructional resources from NOAA and NASA.

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Resources in “Weather and Climate for Kindergarten and Grade 3” Collection

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Building for Hurricanes: Engineering Design Challenge

In this engineering design challenge, students build a tower to resist a simulated hurricane.

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Climate Kids

An educational website with activities, resources, and games to teach kids of all ages about Earth's systems, water cycle, weather and climate.

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Fabulous Weather Day Journal Article
How do Hurricanes Form?

Hurricanes are the most awesome, violent storms on Earth. People call these storms by other names, such as typhoons or cyclones, depending on where they occur. Whatever they are called, tropical cyclones all form the same way.

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Introduction_to_my_Weather_and_Climate_Collection.docx

What was he thinking? This document provides some basic information about weather and climate and resources to help teachers be more efficient with their time.

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NASA Our World: What is Weather

This NASA video segment focuses on the relationship between weather and climate. Learn how heat, air pressure, winds and moisture work together to produce local weather.

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National Weather Service JetStream

An online school for weather JetStream is a most excellent resource for information on a variety of weather topics, including those related to severe storms and severe weather.

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Precipitation Towers Lesson Plan

This lesson uses cubes as a way to graph precipitation data to compare the precipitation averages and seasonal patterns for several different locations. There are several variations to accommodate various ages and ability levels.

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Severe Weather SciGuide