Our writers recommended these independent websites as background information and content supplements for weather lessons.
kids' snow page
www.teelfamily.com/activities/snow
a family in alaska has created a web page with some very nice children's activities in the snow.
snowflake photos
www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb00/eksnow.html
an article on photographing snowflakes that includes some excellent snowflake photos.
http://www.weather.com/education/resources/index.html
provides links to sources of information from the weather channel, including "dave’s dictionary" of weather words, "backyard meteorology" for setting up a weather station, and a "storm encyclopedia" about severe weather episodes in history.
http://www.wx.dude.com
another weather channel web site, featuring nick "the weather dude" walker. selections include "weather basics," "meteorology a to z," "weather forecasts," and more.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov
the national weather service (nws) web site provides direct access to weather forecasts and summaries for select cities, maps of nws regions, storm predictions, and educational links.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wgraph0.htm
usa today provides a very informative site with links to graphics and explanations of numerous weather topics, from "air masses" to "winter weather."
http://www.temperatureworld.com/gi.htm
a web site with temperature related links of humorous or general interest, including "fahrenheit’s thermometer" and "the origin of the celsius temperature scale."
http://usatoday.com/weather/wwater0.htm
from the usa today weather web site, this page provides links that explain water in the atmosphere, including information about clouds and fog, evaporation and condensation, humidity, rain, and snow.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
this is a module from the university of illinois’ ww2010 online meteorology guide. with photos and careful text, it offers sections on the development of clouds and precipitation; cloud types; and rain, snow, hail, sleet, and freezing rain.
http://athena.wednet.edu/curric/weather/pricloud/index.html
as part of the athena curriculum about weather, this web page on "observing clouds" offers photos and descriptions of the most common cloud types.