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
- 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*
- 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 (SAM & 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
