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Weather, Natural Disasters & Snow & webquests
IMC 
Global Warming
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Lightning and Thunder
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies (PBS) Thunderstorms and Lightning
(Ohau Civil Defense Agency)
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Hurricanes
Hurricane: Storm Science (Miami Museum of Science) Hurricanes: Just for Kids (Environment Canada) Topical Twisters: Hurricanes--How They Work and What They Do
(Earth Science Enterpries through NASA)
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Tornadoes
Natural Disasters Project: Tornadoes Tornadoes: Going Around in Circles (The "Why" Files from the National Science Foundation) Twisters: Destruction from the Sky (ThinkQuest, Jr.)
Twisters
http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/index.html http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/tornado.html http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/tornado.html
Severe Storms . .
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Floods
Forces of Nature: Flooding (ThinkQuest, Jr.) In Focus: Floods
(An Online NewsHour Website for Students from PBS)
What is a Flood?
Flooding... Flooding and Flash floods Floods (Nova)

 
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WeatherWorld  Weather Cycle Winter Storms
(from Scholastic)		 SNOW
Weather around the world . Kids Weather info and Quiz Nick.com Weather
This just in from the Nick.com Weather Center:  Kids can now get the latest weather forecast from nick.com, the number one destination for kids on the Web.
Owlie Dude Weather Weather Tools
Weather instruments measure conditions that cause changes in the weather. They will help you measure wind, air pressure, moisture, and temperature. 		 Glaciers .
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SNOW
Extreme SNOW!
Discovery.com presents a fascinating look at extreme snow, including a quiz ("What kind of snow is edible?") and a photo gallery. An interactive Build Your Own Avalanche exercise (along with more on avalanches) can be found by following the link to Extreme Weather Guide.		 Snow Crystals
This site is all about snow crystals and snowflakes. Best place to start is theSnow Crystal Primer, where you'll learn the answer to questions such as "Is it really true that no two snow crystals are alike?		 Snowtastic Snow: 4th grade project
In our site you will find a lot of different information about snow and ice. You can also go to our game page for puzzles, mazes, and even quizzes!
Snowy Unit Questions and Answers about SNOW SNOW
This site has some good experiments for teaching science with snow and other snow links.
Mrs. Sinense's Snow site
 Kid's Snow Page
Learn about snow with fun activities!		 Design a virtual snowflake!

 
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Webquests
Cloud project Snowy Unit Weather Webquest
Please contact Esther Weiner for suggestions.