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FOR THE PUBLIC

These informational sites are for anyone interested in weather and climate:

• US Climatic Change Science Program
  •  Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science   (a 17-page guide)
     
• NOAA Climate Services Portal www.climate.gov
  See especially Education page and Teaching Climate
  
• National Weather Service

  • Glossary of Weather Terms

  • Frequently Used NWS Terms

  • A Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Weather Spotters

  • Weather Education

  • Weather wonders

• Climatic Prediction Center

  • Climate Glossary

  • Educational Materials

  • This site provides links for a variety of climate issues such as El Niño.

• Ocean Prediction Center

  • Terminology and Weather Symbols

• NOAA Education page Cool Sites for Everyone

• Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)
    Resources for Parents and Teachers

• Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC) Resources & Links

  • Interactive Weather Calculator from MRCC

• Missouri Climate Center Weather Wizard series in the
  Quarterly Climate Bulletins for Missouri

  • The Weather Wizard series has a variety of weather related activities for K-12 education.

• University of Kentucky Agricultural Weather Center
  Learning about the Weather

FOR STUDENTS

These informational sites are for students in kindergarten through college interested in weather and climate:

• University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center
  • Announcement of Verner Suomi Scholarship Award
    This award, named for the founding director of SSEC is annually awarded to a high school senior planning to enroll in the physical sciences, environmental science, engineering or science education in the University of Wisconsin System.
  • K-12 Student Programs
  • Welcome to WxWise at CIMSS  UW-Madison
• Southeast Regional Climate Center's Climate Kids
  • This site, which is designed for elementary and high school students, has a variety of games, resources and activities related to weather and climate.
• Oklahoma Climatological Survey's Earthstorm  For Students
• NOAA Education page Primarily for Students
• National Weather Service Playtime for Kids
  • An educational website designed for students  covering a variety of weather related topics.
• National Drought Mitigation Center  Drought for Kids
• Federal Emergency Management Administration FEMA  For Kids
  • This "Be A Hero" site is designed to help  youngsters learn about preparation for natural disasters and how to prevent disaster damage.
• A Guide to the Weather (American Vision Windows)

FOR TEACHERS

The following links are to Web sites that contain weather resource information aimed especially for K-12 teachers:

• American Meteorological Society's  K-13 Educational Initiative
  • This site provides information for the nationally acclaimed Project Atmosphere and teacher-enhancement courses that include DataStreme Atmosphere, DataStreme Earth's Climate System and DataStreme Oceans.  Project Atmosphere is an educational initiative of American Meteorological Society , designed to foster improved science, mathematics and technical education in grades K-12, through the use of atmospheric topics as the vehicle. A partnership of scientists, educators, government and industry is focusing upon attracting young students into continued study of science, mathematics and technology. One of the features of Project ATMOSPHERE has been the formation of the Atmospheric Education Resource Agent Network (AERA). At least one master teacher in each state has been selected to act as a resource agent. Contact the AERA agent for your state .

• University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
  • Education Initiatives of SSEC is through Office of Space Science Education (OSSE)
  • Weather Wise Education Modules From SSEC with modules for college level meteorology survey courses.

  • Explore the Atmosphere!
    A variety of useful teaching applets for use in teaching weather and climate.
  • Education and Outreach  at CIMSS  UW-Madison
  • ESCAPE (Earth Science Component for Academic Enhancement)
    A 16 week online course through the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Wisconsin Weather Stories
    A project under development that will help teachers produce lesson plans that integrate earth science, social studies and other disciplines for various grade levels, with a focus o Wisconsin weather, culture and narrative arts.
• NOAA Education page Primarily For Teachers
  

  NOAA Education Resources at http://www.education.noaa.gov/
  Data Resources for Educators http://www.education.noaa.gov/Special_Topics/Data_Resources/#page=All

   

• NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
  Learning Resources for Educators
• EarthStorm is the educational outreach effort of the Oklahoma Mesonet and Oklahoma Climatological Survey
• Florida Explores! (EXPloring and Learning the Operations and Resources of Environmental Satellites!) is the educational outreach project of Florida State University. The  Florida Explores! World Headquarters site contains good information on weather satellites, with links to many other K-12 Earth Science Education Sources. Tropical Meteorology, Satellite Meteorology and Marine Weather. See The Explores! Teacher's Resource Guide