Weather in Your Classroom

from the Fairmount Center for Science and Mathematics Education


Some of our weather demos:
The Egg Trick - Air Pressure Making a Cloud in a Pop Bottle

 

The South Central Chapter of the American Meteorological Society/National Weather Association

Here are the WWW links used in preparing material for a weather unit (A book list follows the Web Links.):

National Weather Service in Wichita

"Windy" Things To Make  

Weather Resources  

Kids as Global Scientists Weather Curriculum  

Kids' Lightning Information and Safety  

Owlie Skywarn  

The Tornado Project

World Climate  

The DataStreme Project  

Project Atmosphere  

Heat Index Chart

When its not cloudy, why not visit Lake Afton Public Observatory


Recommended Book Bibliography:

Ranger Rick's Nature Scope: Wild About Weather
Weather Watch by Valerie Wyatt ISBN 0-201-15404-8
The USA Today Weather Book by Jack Williams ISBN 0-6-79-73669-7
The USA Today Weather Almanac by Jack Williams
Skywatch: The Western Weather Guide by Richard A. Keen ISBN 1-55591-019-X
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather ISBN 0-679-40851-7
All About Lightning by Martin A. Uman ISBN 0-486-25237-x

For more information contact the:

Fairmount Center for Science and Mathematics Education
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0032
Phone: (316) 978-3191
e-mail: facsme@wichita.edu