Lightning is the most spectacular element of a thunderstorm. Learn how lightning forms, and how lightning leads to thunder.

Photos, diagrams, and other images related to weather.

Test your memory while you learn about clouds. Click on tiles to reveal photos of clouds and try to find a matching pair.

In this classroom activity, young scholars investigate how clouds change over time by making repeat observations of a section of sky and then representing their data graphically.

Overview of the Troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.

This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to kindergarten science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.

Try this quiz about the role of clouds in weather.

Observe and annotate various images of weather phenomena in this interactive drawing tool produced by WGBH. Weather is the combination of various factors -- snow or rain, wind, sunlight and clouds, and temperature -- that happen in a...

Learn how weather is the combination of four factors -- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds -- that occur at a given place and time in this lesson plan from WGBH. The mix of factors is changing all the time;...

Get up close to a variety of weather conditions, encounter local weather patterns through spectacular imagery, and learn how to observe and describe different weather conditions with the beloved characters from PEEP and the Big Wide...

Students learn about four factors that describe different types of weather -- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds -- as they explore various weather conditions and find evidence that describes each type of weather...

This is an introductory lesson to a second grade weather unit. The students will be observing the weather each day for one week and recording their observations in a chart. The students will be integrating information from the Internet...

A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is a powerful, explosive "storm" from the Sun. CMEs hurl millions of tons of particle radiation outward into space.

In this activity, students will compare stories about a weather event from different media sources and different perspectives.

In this experiment, you'll make your own cloud in a jar, and get to test the conditions that are required to make a cloud form.

My school has shut down due to the coronavirus. What do I do now? BSCS Science Learning is here to help teachers during these unsure times. They have consolidated online resources to help you easily find programs, units, and more!

Scientists have developed an instrument called a barometer that can measure atmospheric pressure. In this activity, you will find out how a barometer works by building one yourself.

Observe and annotate various images of weather phenomena in this interactive drawing tool. Students can use the images in this tool to observe weather conditions and document evidence of weather that happened earlier in the day. Teacher...

Students investigate the relationship between daily weather and seasonal weather. Students will read about how weather data is collected, then interpret examples of weekly and monthly weather data to find seasonal patterns. Visual...

Learn how the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate fluctuation affects weather around the world.

Students observe that a change in the temperature of air can impact the size of a bubble placed on a bottle that is cooled and/or heated.

Irina visits her grandfather Alexander in his toy store. Join them to learn more about calendars and temperatures!

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A look at the weather, how it is measured, and how it is caused. Learn what weather is like all over the world, how global warming is affecting our planet, and how "extreme" conditions like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and drought...