Extreme Weather Activities
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Make a Volcano!
Students will learn all about volcanoes and chemical reactions! They will build their own, safe and nontoxic, volcano with items from around the house - baking soda and vinegar.
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Build an Earthquake-Proof Structure
Students will construct a structure out of drinking straws to see if it can withstand an earthquake. Students will learn about the concepts of force and engineering design to accurate…
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Make a Cloud!
In this experiment, with the help of an adult, students will learn all about clouds. They will create their own, and learn how and why clouds form.
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Make an Earthquake!
Students will learn about the different waves generated during an earthquake. This experiment will help them visualize how P waves travel through earthquakes. Adult supervision may be…
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Make a Barometer
Children will learn about atmospheric pressures by creating their own barometer. They will be able to observe how different pressures affect their creations.
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Seismic Monitor
Ever want to learn more about earthquakes? Go through this activitiy to see the sesimic waves in certain areas around the world!
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Baleen Whale Anatomy: Label Me!
Children can label a Baleen whale! This is great activity to introduce then whale anatomy.
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The Science Behind Tsunamis: Study the Effect of Water Depth on Wave Velocity
Tsunami activity largely depends on the properties of the ocean. Children can learn about this through this activity!
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3D Flood Simulation
Watch this simulation of a flood to see a behind-the-scenes look at how a flood is initiated from rainfall!
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Rocks, Minerals & Soils
This short and fun exercise lets kids explore rock and minerals. They can learn some new information!
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Blue Sky Experiment
Children can engage in this activity to learn why the sky is blue! This is a good introduction to weater.
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See a Raindrop
Rain can make floods. This gives children the opportunity to see a raindrop up close! This is a fun and exciting activity.
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What is in the Wind
They wind carries things everyday and not just during tornados. Learn about this by doing this fun activity!
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Make Lightning in Your Mouth
Children can learn about weather by doing this short activity! All they will need is a mirror and lifesavers! Learn how by following the link!
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Weather Station-Building a Psychrometer
A psychrometer measures humidity in the air and the rate of evaporation. Children can learn how to make their own by following the instructions.
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Monster Waves
Children will be able to learn about waves by creating their own model village.
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Make Fog in a Jar!
Children will learn about fog and its formation through this activity. They can observe their results as they make their own fog.
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Make Thunder
This experiment will let students create their own thunder! Then they will be able to learn how it occurs in nature. All they will need is a paper lunch bag!
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Make a Thunderstorm
Children will learn how cold and warm air creates a thunderstorm. All they need is a plastic container, food coloring and ice cubes! The experiment will represent what happens in a re…
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Make Fog
Fog can make it hard to see outside. This experiment shows children how fog is created.
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Rainfall calculator
Children can calculate the rainfall in their area.
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Make Your Own Rainbow
Rainbows develop when light hit raindrops in the sky. Children will be guided in this fun and short activity to replicate this natural process.
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Rain Gauge Project
This is a great activity to measure rain fall by creating a simple rain gauge. Children will learn about rainfall rates and can even track the progress of rain over time.
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Wind Map
Through Wind Map, students can see the altering pattern of wind forces during hurricanes like Isaac, which just hit the United States. This tool is great inorder to view the bigge…
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Is There a Whole Lot of Shaking Going On? Make Your Own Seismograph and Find Out! (Earthquakes)
Seismographs are important tools when it comes to helping scientists measure earthquakes.Children can make their own seismographs and even test them by following these directions. Thi…
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Make a Tornado Chamber
You can help your students create this awesome tornado chamber using dry ice and an exhaust fan. The article also explains how tornadoes form.
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Hurricane Andrew in 3D
In this project, your students can make 3D glasses and then look at 3D pictures of Hurricane Andrew.
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Trap Lightning in a Block
This lightning-in-a-block, displaying a Lichtenberg figure, is similar to what the inside of a thundercloud looks like before lightning strikes. This process is also seen in laser pri…
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How to Use a Hurricane Tracking Map
In this experiment put together by Scholastic, your students can learn not just about hurricanes, but about latitude, longitude, and reading a map as they track a hurricane.
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Determine the Strongest and Weakest Points of a Hurricane
In this easy experiment, your students can see for themselves which part of a hurricane is strongest. All they need is a bowl of water, a paperclip, and a string.
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Create Evaporation
Your students can learn about evaporation and wind chill in this easy experiment. All they need is hand sanitizer!
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Make Your Own Barometer
In this easy project, students can build their own barometer to measure the changes in the air pressure. All they need is a small coffee can, plastic wrap, scissors, a straw, and ind…
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Wave Height during a Hurricane
In this easy experiment, students can learn about how wind speed and the depth of the water can affect the height of waves during a hurricane. All they need is a baking dish, a straw…
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Hurricane Tracking
Do you want your students to be able to keep track of a current hurricane? Make their lessons more applicable to everyday life by having them track a current hurricane using one of t…
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ABAG Home Contents Safety Quiz
Learn how common household objects can be effected by an earthquake through this fact or fiction activity.Enhance your knowledge in a safe setting.
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How Do I Make My Own P and S Waves?
This activity is designed to show participants the difference between the motion of a P wave from a S wave. These waves are a crucial component of earthquakes.
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Twister Game
Do the biggest tornadoes mean that they are the most destructive? What do the numbers on the Fujita Scale mean? Students can find the answers to these questions in this game. They can…
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Tornado Chase Game
Students can see what the life of a storm chaser is like in this fun game. They can use instrument pods and film tornadoes in this game, while learning what each instrument does.
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Make Lightning
Using everyday items, your class can create "mini lightning." This is a fun, quick classroom activity that teaches kids about lightning and static electricity.
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Magic School Bus: The Adventures of Weatherlizard
All aboard on the Magic School Bus! Students will answer Liz the Weatherlizard's questions about thunderstorms, blizzards, and tornadoes. If they get the quetions right, students will…
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Flood Maps
Experiment with a flood map. Change the sea level and see what effects it has on America!
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Storm Weather Experiment
Did you know that the stormwater system is a system of underground pipes? Learn more interesting facts about storm water and the do an experiment to look at the effects of dirty Stor…
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Stop Disasters!
Play the role of the hero and help save a community from natural disasters such as tsunamis, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, and floods!
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How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction
Children have the opportunity to work on their own earthquake model to help spur better understanding of earthquakes. They will work to represent the features of plate tectonics, subd…
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How Do I Locate That Earthquake's Epicenter?
This activity shows participants how to find the epicenter of an earthquake!
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Beat the Quake
An earthquake is about to hit and you need to make your home safe to live in. Would you know the best way to secure items like bookshelves, TVs and pictures so that they do not harm p…
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Stop Disasters
Planning for natural disasters is a strenuous occupation. Children will learn exactly what goes into fortifying a community from a natural disaster through this game. They will have t…
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Listen for Fun
This fun and interactive activity exposes children to the sounds of earthquakes in a safe setting. They will be exposed to different magnitudes of earthquake sounds. This is a great w…
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Light a Bulb Using a Balloon
Students can create lightning using a balloon and a light bulb. The static charge that is transferred from the balloon to the light bulb simulates the static charge that is transferre…
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How far away is that storm?
Do you hear thunder and/or see lightning, but aren't sure if the worst part of the storm has passed? Now you can estimate how close the storm is to you using this technique!
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What is in the Rain?
Students will learn that rain is not only composed of water, but other things. If you have a microscope available, they can see what particles are in the rain.
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Make it Rain!
Stemming from the fact that when warm moist air meets cold air in the atmosphere to form rain droplets, students can make a homemade miniature rainstorm. They will need hot water, a j…
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Make Convection Currents
The process of convection is represented in this simple experiment. Through visual representation, this experiment can be used to explain how thunderstorms form.
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Flash Flood Animation
Watch this flash flood animation about pre-Hurricane Katrina! Learn what sequence of events led to Hurricane Kathrina by watching the animation and reading about each scene.
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Ready Kids? (Activity Book)
Your students can test their knowledge about what to do in case of a hurricane or other weather emergency in this kid-friendly activity book.
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Hurricanes: Quiz Challenge
Your students can take this quiz to test their hurricane knowledge.
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Hurricanes: Words to Know
In this fill in the blank puzzle by Scholastic, your students will not only test the knowledge they already have of hurricanes, but add to it.
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Hurricane Activities
Your students can test their hurricane knowledge by completing these fun, easy activities.
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Wild Weather Adventure
In this online board game, you students can learn about all kinds of weather as they adventure all around the world. That game can be played by 1-4 people.
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Aim a Hurricane
Your students can learn all about the path of a hurricane in this interactive online activity. As they aim a hurricane using two different constant systems, they can think about how …
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Create-A-Cane: Build Your Own Hurricane!
In this interactive game, kids can build their own hurricane. As they do so, they’ll learn what kinds of wind conditions, latitude, and sea temperature are favorable for a hurricane …
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Hurricanes
In this illustrated excerpt from Owlie Skywarn’s Weather Book, your kids can learn all about hurricanes. After they read about everything from how a hurricane forms to what they shou…
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Weather Jokes
Your students will laugh and learn about weather at the same time with these funny jokes.