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Grade Three
What is a weather map?

Weather maps show weather data for a large area. Use these web pages to look at current weather maps. Learn how to read the maps and see how these maps help us to predict the weather.
 
 

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Title: Weather Activities
Description: Learn how to report and predict the weather at the underground W.H.E.D. weather caves!
URL: http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/index.htm
Title: California Farm Weather
Description: California Farm Weather presents forecasts up to 10 days with emphasis on temperature and precipitation for 99 locations in 10 California sections. Satellite and radar images of west central and the whole U.S. are accessible.
URL: http://www.cfbf.com/weather/index.cfm
Title: Weather Eye - Teachers' Lounge
Description: Access lesson plans for two levels of students - Cadets and Experts. These levels include lessons for grades 2 to 12. Lessons include climate, hurricanes, clouds, thunderstorms, El Nino, forecasting and blizzards. Each lesson includes an online quiz.
URL: http://weathereye.kgan.com/lounge/index.html
Title: Wonderful World of Weather
Description: This standards-based Real Time Data Module allows students to investigate weather phenomenon both locally as well as in other places around the world.
URL: http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj/index. ...
Title: Weather Maps
Description: This page provides a lesson plan in which the various types of weather maps are studied (precipitation, satellite, radar, temperature, wind-speed, and fronts) utilizing the internet for research.
URL: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/progra ...
Title: Teachers' Guide to Flash Floods
Description: Flash Flood! is an interactive lesson about flash floods and other types of floods that lets students learn about and identify different types of floods.
URL: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/flood/teacher.html