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January 8, 2009

Wild Weather

Author: mpilon

Weather affects everyone, everyday!  ( Droughts, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc…)

 Wild Weather and how it affects use everyday!

A good way to help children understand how weather affects us everyday is to have them make observations about sunlight, rainfall, wind speed, wind direction, and temperature.  Chart their observations, and explain other weather terms like: evaporation, isobars, jet streams, and wind chill factors.

Launch scientific investigations of severe weather phenomena using recent disaster events.  Discuss interesting weather facts and set up group research projects and lab activities to simulate volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and lightning.

Understanding and following the weather can be fun and educational.