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Quizzes
Grades 3-4
     Weather Review Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice
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Grades 5-7
     Weather Review Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice
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Activity Pages
            Weather Puzzles


Finish the Story
     Into the Storm! (Grades 3-6)
     Storm Brewing (Grade 4)


Reading Comprehensions - Special Education High Interest Reading
     It's Just a Front (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Clouds (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Do It Yourself Forecasting (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Glacier Movements and Effects on Climate (Hi/Lo Grades 4-6)
     What Is the Atmosphere (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     Air Masses (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     Blowing in the Wind (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     Hurricanes (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     Do Meteorologists Study Meteors? (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     The Highs and Lows of Air Pressure (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     The Rise and Fall of Water (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     The Weather Outside Is Frightful (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     Global Warming (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     Good and Bad Ozone (Hi/Lo Grades 5-7)
     The Meteorologist's Tool Box (Hi/Lo Grade 7)

Spanish
     Ozono bueno y ozono malo (grades 5-7)


Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     Weather (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Hailstones (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     The Disappearing Puddle (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     What's a Blizzard? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     What's a Hurricane? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     What Is a Rainbow? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     The Wonderful Wind (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)

Short Readers
     Why Does Weather Change? (Short Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     Boom! Crash! What's That Noise? (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     What Is Weather? (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     What Is a Weather Map? (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Goodness Gracious, Great Bolts of Lightning! (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Destruction - The Dirty Thirties (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Ozone Confusion (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Twist and Shout: A Tornado is Coming! (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Layers of the Atmosphere (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     What Is Meteorology? (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Storm Chasers (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)

Spanish
     ¿Qué es un arco iris? (grades 3-5)
     Confusión del ozono (grades 4-6)


Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     Storm Safety (Grades 2-3)
     Temperature Changes (Grades 2-3)
     Nature's Repeating Patterns (Grades 2-3)
     An E-Mail from Blair the Blizzard (Grades 1-3)
     An E-mail from Dharma the Dust Storm (Grades 1-3)
     An E-mail from Hector the Hurricane (Grades 1-3)
     An E-mail from Tommy the Tornado (Grades 1-3)
     An E-mail from Charlie Cloud (Grades 2-4)
     An E-mail from Foster Fog (Grades 2-4)
     An E-mail from Sandy Snow (Grades 2-4)
     An E-mail from Sarah Sleet (Grades 2-4)
     An E-mail from Randy Raindrop (Grades 2-4)
     An E-mail from William Weather (Grades 2-4)
     Being Safe in a Thunderstorm (Grades 3-4)
     Storms (Grades 7-8)

Non-Fiction
     Clouds and Weather (Grades 3-4)
     Rainy or Fair? (Grades 3-4)
     The Seasons (Grades 3-6)
     Storm Chasers and Spotters (Grades 3-5)
     What Causes Weather? (Grades 4-6)
     What Are Hurricanes? (Grades 4-6)
     Predicting the Weather (Grades 4-6)
     Weather Fronts (Grades 5-6)
     Water, Water Everywhere: Furious Floods (Grades 5-7)
     How Thermometers Work (Grades 5-8)
     Clouds and Precipitation (Grades 6-8)
     Air Pressure and Wind (Grades 6-8)
     Tornadoes, Nature's Twisters (Grades 6-8)
     How Does a Tornado Work? (Grades 6-8)
     How Does a Hurricane Work? (Grades 6-8)
     How Does a Nor'easter Work? (Grades 6-8)
     Collecting Weather Data (Grades 6-8)
     Using Technology to Study Lightning (Grades 6-8)
     Lightning (Grades 6-8)
     Predicting the Weather (Grades 7-8)
     Air - The Atmosphere (Grades 7-8)
     Temperature (Grades 8-9)
     Hurricane Hunters (Grades 8-9)

Historical Events
     Big, Black Blizzards! (Grades 1-3)
     Black Blizzards and the Dust Bowl (Grades 4-6)
     The Big Burn of 1910 (Grades 5-7)
     The Dust Bowl (Grades 5-7)
     The Dust Bowl (Grades 6-8)
     The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 (Grades 6-8)
     The 1993 Storm of the Century (Grades 6-8)
     The 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak (Grades 6-8)
     The Long Island Express: The New England Hurricane of 1938 (Grades 7-9)
     Hurricane Katrina, August 2005 (Grades 7-9)

Spanish
     Seguridad durante las tormentas (grades 2-3)
     Cambios en la temperatura (grades 2-3)
     Los patrones que se repiten en la naturaleza (grades 2-3)

French
     Les repetitions dans la nature (grades 2-3)

Italian
     I modelli ripetitivi della natura (grades 2-3)

German
     Sich wiederholende Muster in der Natur (grades 2-3)


Books
            Storm Chasers: Into the Storm (Grades 4-6)


Read and Color
            If I Were the Weather
            Weather Words
            The Weatherman
            Clouds
            The Wind
            Mystery in the Sky


Conversations
     Hey Sam, what's the weather like today? (French and English)


Book Units
    Thunder Cake (Grades 1-3)
    Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Grades 2-4)
    Magic School Bus #14: Electric Storm (Grades 2-5)
    Night of the Twisters (Grades 4-6)


Math Problems
     Easy Addition and Subtraction
     Weather Math
     Negatives, Decimals, and Fractions
     Multiplication and Division
     Temperature Statistics (Mean, Mode, ..)


Analogies
             Weather Analogies


Logic Worksheets
     Cities and Temperatures Logic Problem Worksheet
     Precipitation Logic Problem Worksheet


Science Project
    Winter Weather Science Activity


Crossword Puzzles
     The Atmosphere  (includes words)
     Wind and Air Pressure  (includes words)
     Clouds  (includes words)
     Storms and Fronts  (includes words)
     Rain  (includes words)
     Seasons  (includes words)
     Thunderstorms and Tornadoes  (includes words)
     Weather Review Crossword  (includes words)


Word Searches
     The Atmosphere Word Search
     Wind and Air Pressure Word Search
     Clouds Word Search
     Storms and Fronts Word Search
     Rain Word Search
     Seasons Word Search
     Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Word Search


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