Interpret meteorological data to make predictions about the weather SPI 0607.8.4

Links verified 5/25/2024

1. Compare and contrast warm and cold fronts - excellent animations of each type of front
2. The Forecast Process: Observing and Analysis - Before any forecast can be made, a meteorologist must first understand what the current weather conditions are and what is producing them.
3. Forecast Process - How the National Weather Service does it.
4. How a Weather Forecast is Made - (1:12) a YouTube video
5. How Do They Predict The Weather? - (5:03) a YouTube video from ABC Science
6. How Meteorologists Predict the Weather - a six minute video lesson from Study.com
7. How to Predict the Weather Without a Forecast - tips from WikiHow
8. Predicting Weather - posted by United States Search and Rescue Task Force
9. Real-time data sources to use in weather forecasting projects
   1. Weather Underground - look up any city in the US and most cities around the world
   2. Intellicast Radar Loop of the last 2 hours covering the contiguous United States. This Doppler radar site indicates clouds, rain and snow with different colors, and refreshes 4 times per hour.
   3. Interactive Weather Map - allows you to center on any location and zoom in all the way to individual county level.
   4. National Forecast Maps
   5. Conditions for the last 24 hours reported by the National Weather Service - Select State from the pull down menu, then select City
10. Satellite Movies of Air Masses Moving across North America or
11. Students Ask: How Do Meteorologists Predict The Weather? - answer given buy Georgia Public Broadcasting
12. Tips for Forecasting the Weather - step-by-step process including links to real time weather data
13. Weather Activities - three levels of practice reporting weather followed by three levels of predicting the weather
14. Weather Maps
    1. Analysis Quiz - twenty question multiple-choice quiz on using weather charts
    2. How to interpret a weather map
    3. How to Read a Weather Map - visually interesting explanation of the various symbols found on a weather map
    4. How to Read a Weather Map - from Wiki Answers
    5. How to Read Weather Maps - This 36 slide shows how to read the various symbols associated with a station. The final slide acts as a quiz, testing understanding.
    6. Jet Stream: Online School for Weather - a National Weather Service lesson on learning how to read a weather map
    7. Reading and Creating a Weather Map - lesson plan with printable maps integrated
    8. Reading Weather Maps - In the sections that follow, students will examine features to look for on weather maps to make a forecasts, general methods of preparing a forecast, and more specific tips for specific scenarios.
    9. Surface Weather Analysis - complete listing of weather map symbols
    10. Weather Forecasting Using the Internet - suggestions for incorporating weather into your curriculum
    11. Weather Map Analysis - [designed for grades 6-8] a lesson plan designed for middle school science
15. Weather Quizzes - from SoftSchools.com
16. Weather Quiz - Take our fun weather quiz and see how much you know about climate and weather conditions.
17. Weather Quiz - Mythbusters: Weather Quiz from Discovery Kids.
18. Weather Quiz - Are You a Winter Weather Expert? Take Our Quiz and Find Out.
19. Weather Quiz - How good is your meteorological knowledge?
20. Weather Watch - a student activity from Scholastic - links to six types of weather instruments and a link to a data sheet to use
21. Weather Watchers - a lesson plan from Illuminations
22. Weather Wiz Kids - developed as an effort to show kids the exciting world of weather

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