Storms and Weather

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Storm chaser game

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/storm-chasers/games-and-more/tornado-chase-game.htm

 

Weather Science

 links to digital resources designed to help get kids engaged in science that affects us all each and every day.  

http://www.youngmeteorologist.org/?page_id=37

http://games.noaa.gov/

http://www.billsclimatelab.org/

 

http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/

 

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/

 

 

American Red Cross Tornado App

http://american.redcross.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=15013.0

 

 

Fact or Fiction tornados
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/tornado-quiz.htm

 

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale

http://www.foxnews.com/weather/interactive/2012/03/13/saffir-simpson-hurricane/

Create a cane

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/games/canelab.htm

 Stop Disasters (takes a little time)

http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/playgame.html

Very Cool Weather Websites

All topics in Storms in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration student site.
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/matrix.htm

Storm Chasers -- try the games section (Tornado Handbook, StormChasing 101) and quizzes
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/storm-chasers/

What is a sea breeze?
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/ocean/seabreezes.htm

Storms in pictures
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Favorites.php

Hurricanes in History
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/history.shtml#galveston

Historic Hurricane tracks
http://csc-s-maps-q.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/viewer.html

The Weather Channel

http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/currentweatherusnational/index_large.html
NOAA's National Weather Service (National Maps tab)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Weather disasters
http://www.infoplease.com/weather.html
National Hurricane center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Atlantic ocean NOAA
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/index.html
Jetstream online weather
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/matrix.htm
Live weather images
http://www.weatherimages.org/

Tropical Cyclone Structure
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/tropics/tc_structure.htm



Assorted Science topics
http://www.factmonster.com/science.html

 

New Hurricane Sandy websites

Satellite photos and analysis by NASA:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2012/h2012_Sandy.html

Hurricane tracker by weather.com

http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker/2012/sandy

Great explanation of why air pressure matters.

http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/news-41/top-stories-169/pressure-impact-on-hurricane-strength-31880

(PS. Sandy's barometric pressure is 940 millibars at 2:00 pm according to noaa.nhc.gov

Sandy on track for record low barometric pressure:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/1029/Hurricane-Sandy-Liveblog-Sandy-on-track-for-record-low-barometric-reading-video

Dictionary of hurricane terms for Sandy

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-10/dictionary-hurricane-sandy-storm-surge

http://www.popsci.com/category/tags/dictionary-hurricane-sandy