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Government Sites
Ask the Answer Worm - S.K.Worm, the official annelid, or worm, of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service answers students
questions about soil and stuff.
Climate Change - FREE - (Department of Education) - Earth's atmosphere,
oceans, land, life -- satellite images, animations of earth processes, and more.
Climate Change and Our Planet - NOAA Education -
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) - Use the fun activities on this page to learn more
about climate and weather, global warming, and the greenhouse effect.
Earth
Observatory - Accompany NASA scientists as they explore our world and unravel the
mysteries of our climate and environmental change.
EPA Global Warming Kids Site - This site explains what global warming is, the
greenhouse effect, and the changes in climate and weather.
Everyday Mysteries: Fun Science Facts - (Library of Congress) - Did you
ever wonder why a camel has a hump? If you can really tell the weather by listening to the chirp of a
cricket? Or why our joints make popping sounds? These questions deal with everyday phenomena
that we often take for granted, but each can be explained scientifically.
JetStream - An Online Weather School - This site is designed to help you
learn about weather and weather safety. The information contained in JetStream is arranged by
subject; beginning with global and large scale weather patterns followed by lessons on air masses,
wind patterns, cloud formations, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, damaging winds, tornados, tropical
storms, cyclones and flooding.
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration - Research -
The goal of the site is to provide middle school science students and teachers with research and
investigation experiences using on-line resources.
NationalAtlas.gov - Make interactive maps within your web
browser! This program allows you to make your own maps. Select, change, and display map layers.
Roam across America and zoom in to reveal more detail. Point at map features to learn more about
them. Locate and map more than 2,000,000 geographic names in the United States. New map
layers are added each month.
NOAA Photo
Library - (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) - This collection includes
thousands of weather and space images, hundreds of images of our shores and coastal seas, and
thousands of marine species images ranging from the great whales to the most minute plankton.
Science Education Pages - NOAA - (National Data Buoy Center) - Find
out answers to interesting questions like: Does water temperature differ between near-shore and
offshore sites? What is air pressure? What are sea breezes?
Vortex: Unraveling the Mystery - This site contains information and pictures of
how tornadoes develop and real data collected by tornado chasers.
Water
Science for Schools - This site offers information on many aspects of water, along with
pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water
knowledge.
Weather - NOAA Education - (National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration) - Natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes affect both sea and
land. Take quizzes on thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, winter storms and others. Learn
more about weather safety and setting up a family disaster plan.
Weather
Room - This page provides general information for kids, parents, and teachers.
Elementary school coloring books are available for parents and teachers to print and use for weather
education in the classroom or at home.
Weather Talk - (Naval Meteorology and
Oceanography Command) - Learn about major weather elements in a non-mathematical way. Get a
better understanding of the basic mechanisms of weather.
Why and how scientists study climate change in the
Arctic - Dramatic changes have been occurring in the Arctic during the past decade.
These changes include unusual melting of glaciers, sea ice, and permafrost, and shifts in patterns of
rain and snow fall, freshwater runoff, and forest/tundra growth.
Zues' Web - Meteorology Education Site - (Naval
Meteorology and Oceanography Command) - Clarifying the myths of meteorology by providing an
introduction to weather, climate and their effects on the environment.
Other Resources
6 Reasons Why You Should Care - PBS
- According to scientists, Earth's thermostat is getting a nudge up. Over the last century, it's been
pushed up an average of one degree Fahrenheit and scientists agree the planet will continue to
warm. Follow the links to the left to discover how climate change may be affecting your own life and
what other experts have to say.
Climate and Global Change - Earth's climates have
changed incredibly during its 4.6 billion year history. Today, climates are warming more rapidly as
natural processes are affected by modern global changes caused by humans.
EurekAlert! Science News and Resources for Kids - The
EurekAlert! Science for Kids Portal is a central, online source for kid-friendly news and resources.
Hands on Nature from the BBC - Discover Nature activities and explore wildlife
habitats in Great Britain.
Learning Adventures - Browse through and learn some amazing science
facts! Find out about the Woolly Mammoth, oceans, Cleopatra's Palace
and much more!
New York Times - Science and Health -
Explore science and health issues in depth or search by subject. Also view slideshows.
The WHY Files -
The Why Files cover issues of science, health, environment and technology from a unique
perspective. Using news and current events as a springboard to explore science and the larger issues it
raises, we hope to show science as a human enterprise and a way of looking at the world.
Weather - Science News for Kids - Check out
these very cool and interesting articles.
Page Revised - 3/30/2009
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