Education Resources
Science On a Sphere
Science On a Sphere® (SOS) Educational Activities for Students - These activities are based on SOS, but can be done without actually viewing the sphere:
- Activity 1 – "Topography and Bathymetry" (PDF)
- Activity 2 – "Satellite Image for a Hurricane" (PDF)
- Activity 3 – "Satellite Imagery and Epidemiology" (PDF)
Publications, Brochures and Handouts
Games
- Games@NOAA
- Explore the Atmosphere*
- The Jason Project: Games and Digital Labs*
- UCAR - Weather: The Basics*
- Disaster Dynamics: Hurricane Landfall*
- * - links not on NOAA sites
Learning Resources
- JetStream Online School for Weather*
- NOAA Education Resources
- NWS Weather Education Resources
- NASA Educator Features and Articles*
- NSF Earth & Environment Classroom Resources*
- AMS Weather Education Resources*
- NSSL: Severe Weather 101
- UCAR Games for Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Science Education*
- UCAR/COMET - MetEd: Teaching and Training Resources for the Geoscience Community*
- JetStream Online School for Weather
- Web Weather for Kids*
- NASA's Kids' Club*
- The GLOBE Program*
- * - links not on NOAA sites
Learning Activities
- Prepare For the Storm worksheet (.pdf, 2.5 MB)
- Weather Word Find (.pdf, 1.5 MB)
- Maze Activity sheet (.pdf, 569 kB)
- How Do You Make a Weather Satellite (.pdf, 1.7 MB)
- Tommy Tsunami and Ernie Earthquake (.pdf, 168 kB)
Weather Data
- The National Weather Service
- NOAA nowCOAST
- NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center
- NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center
- NCAR RAL Real-Time Weather Data*
- * - links not on NOAA sites
Archived Resources
The Colorado River Story - A regional look at climate and freshwater in the arid west includes three stand-alone parts (best used in order together):
- Part I: A jigsaw reading activity: Who needs water?
- Part II: Colorado River watershed mapping activity: How does geography play a role in water distribution?
- Part III: Data analysis over time workbook: What happens when demand for water exceeds supply?
The POET Program - Protect Our Environmental Treasures (POET) is a series of 15 environmentally-based student activities for teachers to use in middle and high school. Hands-on interdisciplinary activities emphasize age-appropriate, academically challenging lessons that integrate typical school subjects and show how school subjects relate to "real life" practical application.
Wooly Magma – The Wooly Magma project illustrates the science of Earth's internal structure using a rubber ball and layers of dyed wool to illustrate the Earth's Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Transition Zone, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, and Crust.
Student Activities in Meteorology II (SAM II) provides information and educational activities in meteorology, climatology, and space science. Activities are designed for middle schoolers (grades 6 - 8), but are usable between grades 4 and 12.
Contact
Hilary Peddicord
Hilary.Peddicord@noaa.gov
303-497-7993
