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Subtopic: Atmospheric Circulation

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
20-Year Map of Global Rainfall This visualization from NASA shows global rainfall patterns over a 22-year span. It incorporates data from a combination of remote-sensing and ground-based sources.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Arctic Haze In this video segment adapted from KUAC, find out why the horizon in Alaska is sometimes shrouded in pollution and what it means for climate change in the Arctic.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Atmosphere In this video from WVIZ Cleveland, learn about measuring and recording the properties of air using weather instruments, maps, and graphs.	6-8	MPEG 4 Video
Chasing Tornadoes In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists are on the hunt for tornadoes. Using Doppler radar, they gather data in the hopes of solving the mystery of how tornadoes form.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Cloud Types This interactive resource, adapted from NASA's S'COOL Project Tutorial, explains how you can classify and identify various types of clouds.	3-12	Flash Interactive
Compare and Contrast Warm and Cold Fronts This visualization from McDougal Littell/TERC visualizes the movement of warm and cold fronts and the cloud types that are generated as a result.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Earth System: Drought and Air Quality This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discusses how a drought can have negative effects locally, for example by increasing the number of forest fires, and also globally, for example by impacting air quality thousands of miles away.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Earth System: El Niño This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center describes El Niño, how it forms, and the chain reaction of consequences it triggers around the globe.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Earth System: El Niño's Influence on Hurricane Formation This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how hurricanes develop and why there are fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean in strong El Niño years.	6-12	QuickTime Video
A Five-Day View of the Jet Stream This animation from NOVA Online lets you examine a five-day view of the jet stream.	6-12	GIF Image
Giving Rise to the Jet Stream This interactive activity from NOVA Online uses animation and graphics to offer a detailed explanation of the jet stream. A thorough account is given of the role played by the Sun's heat and Earth's shape and rotation, among other factors.	6-12	Flash Interactive
The Great Flood of 1993 In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a meteorologist explains how an unusual weather pattern led to one of the most devastating floods of this century.	6-12	QuickTime Video
How Do Tornadoes Form? In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists use computer simulations to explore the question of how supercell thunderstorms produce tornadoes.	6-12	QuickTime Video
How Hurricanes Form This animation from NASA illustrates the phases in the formation of a hurricane.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Hurricane Katrina: Possible Causes This media-rich essay from NOVA scienceNow explores new research into hurricanes that may help explain Katrina's devastating impact and discusses the possibility that global warming played a role.	6-12	HTML Document
Hurricanes: New Tools for Predicting This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW features new advances in predicting the intensity of hurricanes.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Jet Stream and Horizontal Temperature Gradients Explore and manipulate the relationship between wind speed and temperature gradients in this interactive activity adapted from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Jet Streams and Weather Students learn about jet streams and explore the effects of the polar-front jet stream on weather conditions in North America.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Mountain Weather In this interactive activity from NOVA Online you can move an air mass over a mountain and see how several distinct microclimates are created.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Rate Tornado Damage In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, use the Fujita tornado intensity scale to assess the level of destruction left in the wake of actual tornadoes.	3-12	Flash Interactive
Tornado Chaser Footage These video segments adapted from NOVA feature extensive footage of a tornado and tornado damage.	3-12	QuickTime Video