Educational Sites
Featured Site:
NOAA
Education Resources
A searchable site
of weather and climate related interest resources for students and
teachers. Topics include weather, climate change, oceans and
coasts, and training and other opportunities. Developed and
maintained by the NOAA Education Team.
Challenges
of our Changing Atmosphere - Careers
in atmospheric research and applied meteorology
From a 1993
booklet written by staff at the American
Meteorological Society, describes the work of a meteorologist.
It does not contain current job information.
ColdLinks: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Digital Library
for Earth System Educationdeveloped and maintained by the National
Snow and Ice Data Center, University
of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences (CIRES). Searchable by keyword or category and
limit by grade level, resource type, content standards, and
domain.
College
and University Global Change Courses
Presented
alphabetically by college or university name, this site provides
links to course descriptions, syllabi, and home pages at a variety
of U.S. institutions.
Glacier
A virtual library
of information about the Antarctic, its weather, climate, oceans,
and geology, developed by the NSF funded program, GLACIER centered
at Rice University. Includes an extensive annotated listing
of Antarctic educational websites.
Global
Change and Environmental Education Resources
An extensive,
annotated listing of websites for students and educators from k-12
to higher education. Maintained by the U.S.
Global Change Research Information Office.
K-12
Education from the University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research (UCAR)
This site,
developed by the UCAR,
provides links to UCAR's education programs as well as links to
programs at UCAR's member institutions.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators - Weather, Information, and Maps
A virtual library
of weather information for teachers and students developed and
maintained by Kathleen Beck Schrock, District Technology Department Head for the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District on Cape Cod, MA
Midwestern Regional Climate Center
A virtual
library of resources for teachers and students.
National
Weather Service. Weather Education
This site links
to sites contains lesson plans, standards information, meteorology
courses for teachers, and weather data resources. Developed
and maintained by the National
Weather Service, Office
of Meteorology.
Southeast
Regional Climate Center. Climate Kids
A k-12 collection
of weather-related information sites and activities covering such
topics as acid rain, precipitation, temperature, and El Nino.
Maintained by the Southeast
Regional Climate Center, South
Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Land,
Water, and Conservation Division.
Weather Prediction .
Com
A site
developed by meteorologist
Jeff Haby (Mississippi State
University) with numerous links to information on forecasting
and weather analysis.
Wonderful World of Weather - Reference Material
This virtual
library includes lesson plans and student weather projects. Developed and managed by the
Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education
(CIESE) which is located at Stevens Institute of Technology
WW2010
– the Weather World 2010 Project -
Online guides
Presents online
guides to a variety of meteorological topics including weather
forecasting, air masses and fronts, the hydrologic cycle, and
forces and winds. Intended for secondary and post-secondary
students. Part of the University of Illinois WW2010
– the Weather World 2010 Project.
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