Grades 4-12, with parental supervision
This NASA website provides free information about weather, space, atmosphere, and satellites through engaging multi-media animations, images, activities, games, and downloadable teacher resources.
When you get to the site you’ll see a featured presentation in the center of the screen. Open the “Topics” link on the left sidebar and choose from:
- Weather – Learn from topics such as, Ask a Weatherman, Weather Folklore, Write a Weather Adventure, Bad Weather Joke Machine, and more.
- Hurricanes and Storms – Find out how a hurricane forms. Watch a “Parade of Floods.”
- Clouds, Water, and Ice – Check out a “Gallery of Glaciers”. Try some of the “Classroom Activities” that can be tweaked for homeschool use.
- Tides and Oceans – Discover what causes tides and why they’re weird sometimes. View a “Gallery of Oceans.”
- Atmosphere – Get the answer to the age-old question, “Why is the sky blue?”
- Seasons – Learn why the Earth has seasons.
- Satellites and Technology – Make a weather satellite, learn all about GOES, and be “Spuzzled!” Lots of great satellite info here.
- Space Weather – Learn how the weather on the sun affects us. Check out the weather on other planets. Enjoy a “Gallery of Space Weather.”
Explore the other menu items for even more valuable learning options that include games, multimedia, classroom activities, and much much more.
Bookmark this one – you’ll want to return many times to enjoy it all.
