Term 3 - Weather ~ Science
Miss Berndl's Fantabulous Fives

Curriculum Guidelines: Weather

Some interesting sites to check out:

Weather in Canada
What's the weather like in Canada? http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html
What's it like in Richmond Hill (Toronto actually)? http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?yyz
Find out Today's Weather
Around the World http://www.met-office.gov.uk/corporate/links/nms.html
Canada http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html 
USA http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Canadian Hurricane Centre
Everything you wanted to know about hurricanes, including links to other hurricane websites; includes a 'Just for Kids' section; English or French text
Students' Climate Lab - experiments, games ideas presented by Natural Resources Canada
Watch Channel 22 Rogers TV for the local weather - see what you should wear today!
For Teachers: Climate Change
Posters & information by Natural Resources Canada discussing the regional impacts of climate change in Canada.

National Geographic Magazines

July 1968 Forest Fire: The Devil's Picnic p.100 (drought)
April 1972 We're doing something about the weather! p.519
July 1975 Food The nightmare of famine p.33 (drought)
Nov. 1976 What's happening to our weather? p.576
Dec. 1977 The Year the Weather Went Wild p.799
Nov. 1979 The Desert p.586 (drought)
Sept. 1980 Hurricane! p.346
Feb. 1984 El Nino Global weather disaster p.144 (storms)
Sept. 1984 The Okies - Beyond the Dust Bowl p.322 (drought)
Dec. 1984 Monsoons Life breath of half the world p.712
June 1987 Tracking Tornadoes p.690
Dec. 1988 Population, Plenty and Poverty p.915 (drought)
April 1993 Andrew Aftermath p.2 (hurricane)
June 1993 Bangladesh: When the Water Comes p.118 (floods)
July 1993  Lightning Nature's high-voltage spectacle p.83
Aug. 1993  Tragedy Stalks the Horn of Africa p.88 (drought)
Jan. 1994 The great flood of '93 p.42
May 1998 Unlocking the Climate Puzzle p.38
March 1999 El Nino Nature's Vicious Cycle p.72
Aug. 2003  Where Rain Never Falls
April 2004 Chasing Tornadoes - A Tale of Science, Guts and Luck
 

 

 

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