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Good News: We're on the Rise!
Learners build a simple aneroid barometer to learn about changes in barometric pressure and weather forecasting. They observe their barometer and record data over a period of days.
Exploring Earth: Investigating Clouds
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“Exploring Earth: Investigating Clouds” is a hands-on activity in which visitors create a cloud in a bottle and explore it with laser light.
Weather Stations: Temperature and Pressure
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In this activity, learners discover the relationship between temperature and pressure in the lower atmospheres of Jupiter and Earth.
Turning the Air Upside Down: Spinning Snakes
Learners color and cut out a spiral-shaped snake. When they hang their snake over a radiator, the snake spins.
A Degrading Experience
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In this activity on page 27, learners perform an experiment to learn about how different types of marine debris degrade and how weather and sunlight affect the rate of degradation.
Turning the Air Upside Down: Convection Current Model
Learners see convection currents in action in this highly visual demonstration. Sealed bags of colored hot or cold water are immersed in tanks of water.
AM in the PM
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In this activity, learners will listen to as many radio stations as possible to discover that AM radio signals can travel many hundreds of miles at night.
Turning the Air Upside Down: Warm Air is Less Dense than Cool Air
Learners cover a bottle with a balloon. When they immerse the bottle in warm water, the balloon inflates. When they immerse the bottle in a bowl of ice, the balloon deflates.
Hail Storm House
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In this activity, learners construct hail-proof houses using recycled materials to discuss storm readiness and safety.
Cloud Fun
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Learners complete a series of hands-on and investigative activities to explore cumulus clouds.
Static Shock!
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In this hands-on activity, learners explore static electricity through the use of common household products. They also explore the connection between static electricity and cold weather.
Probability: Chances Are
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In this math lesson, learners identify the likelihood of an event by using a walk-on probability scale.
Paper Cup Anemometer
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In this meteorological activity, learners get to build their very own anemometer (instrument for measuring wind speed) using a paper cup.
Cohesion Coin
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In this activity about the property of water (page 6 of the PDF), learners use a coin to demonstrate cohesion between water molecules, exploring the molecular forces that allow water molecules to "
Homemade Rain Gauge
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In this activity, learners will build rainwater collectors to practice meteorology in their own backyard. Collect and analyze data to determine how much rainfall you get in a set period of time.
Where Does the Wind Blow?
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In this activity, learners investigate wind by comparing the force of wind in different locations. Learners build wind-o-meters out of wooden sticks and strips of paper.
Creating a Soil Map
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In this activity, learners investigate soil conditions by creating a soil map. Learners record soil characteristics and compare the conditions of soil in different grid sections.
Make a Water Cycle Wristband
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In this activity, learners thread colored beads onto string. Each beach represent a process of the water cycle.
The Rumblin' Road: Determining distance to a Thunderstorm
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In this activity, learners discover how to determine the distance to a lightning strike or nearby thunderstorm.
Cool Trees
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This warm weather activity introduces learners to the impact trees have on blocking the sun's heat and reducing temperature on the Earth's surface.