Interdisciplinary Connections for Air
and Weather
These sites offer some ideas for connecting science learning
with endeavors in other content areas.
art | computer science | literature/folklore | trade
books | multidiscipline
Art
Atmospheric Art
Check of the beautiful
weather art that kids created for this page. If you'd like,
you can submit your own weather art, photos, poems, and
stories to be published on this page.
Pinwheels
Learn how to create beautiful pinwheels with your
students, and watch as the wind propels them.
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Computer Science
Bay Kids' Weather Page
A very worthy weather site in its own right, this site
created by sixth graders is an example of the great websites
that kids can make. This site might inspire your students to
undertake a project like this of their own.
Our Weather Page
Here's another example of a class-created website. These
fourth grade students charted their local weather, wrote
poetry about clouds, and created a weather storybook.
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Literature/Folklore
Weather Lore
The
purpose of weather lore was to instruct early farmers,
sailors, herdsmen, and others on how to predict the weather.
This fascinating page lists many examples of weather lore
and explains the science behind them.
Weather Folklore and Proverbs
This site explains what weather folklore is and
provides links to different types of weather folklore and
mythology sites, including rainbow mythology, weather
proverbs, and weather myths.
Flood Stories from Around the World
This page offers hundreds of flood stories
from the world's folklore. It could be interesting for your
students to share in some of these stories and think about
the tremendous impact that weather—even possibly
mythical weather—can have on cultures and
history.
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Trade Books
Recommended Reading from the Weather Dude
The Weather Dude (a Weather Channel
meteorologist) recommends these weather titles for students,
parents, and teachers.
Weather Watchers Book List
Teachers from an elementary school in California
recommend these weather-themed picture books to complement
classroom study. The links to Amazon.com will provide
overviews and editorial reviews.
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Multidiscipline
The Weather Unit
Choose from many subject areas—including math, reading
and writing, social studies, art, and music—to discover
activities that expand and integrate weather study into many
disciplines.
Snow Activities
An
Alaskan family created this site filled with snow
information and activity ideas. Learn how to capture and
study snowflakes, make snow-inspired art, and read snow folk
tales and poems.
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