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Subtopic: Weather Variables

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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
Bear Creek Wind Farm Tour In this interactive, a construction project manager explains the process of constructing a wind farm, its challenges and benefits.	9-12	Flash Interactive
Clouds and Currents Learn about cloud formations over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in this video from Nature.	6-12	QuickTime Video
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
Convective Cloud Systems This video segment adapted from the Atmospheric Radiation Program explains the differences in the formation of tropical convective cloud systems over islands and over the ocean.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Density and Buoyancy: Mixing Hot and Cold Water Watch warm water float on top of cold water in this video segment adapted from ZOOM.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Examine Global Surface Currents This visualization from McDougal Littell/TERC visualizes the relationship between global wind directions and the direction of ocean surface currents.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Fire Safety in High Rises This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how the sprinkler revolutionized fire safety and also features developments in fire-safety design for high-rise buildings.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Gases Students are asked to describe the reason the balloons rise and what that means for the gas properties.	6-12	QuickTime Video
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
Global Weather Machine In this illustrated essay from NOVA Online, explore the cyclical process of weather creation and the effects of El Niño on the global weather system.	9-12	HTML Document
Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2: A Record of Climate Change Using images and graphs, this interactive resource illustrates scientists' efforts to study Earth's climatic history for the last 250,000 years by drilling into the Greenland Ice Sheet and examining ice cores. Adapted from the Wright Center for Science Education, Tufts University.	9-12	Flash Interactive
Invisible Forces Sometimes it is challenging to comprehend the forces that effect out everyday life because most forces we can't see. This video segment from SPARK shows how one artist makes them visible.	4-12	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
Kid Meteorologist ZOOM guest Amy wants to be a meteorlogist and volunteers at a weather observatory. In this adapted video segment, she shows us instruments used to predict the weather and describes how air pressure affects weather patterns.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Making Big Waves Certain sections of the Northern California coast are host to some of the largest, most spectacular ocean waves in the world. In this video segment from QUEST, learn about how these waves are able to get so large.	9-12	QuickTime Video