This hands-on activity allows students to relate to and understand maps and to learn about climates in other areas. A demonstration that is simple and visually appealing to show convection currents in water. This site has 9 interactive questions. Use for 8th grade weather unit. You can ask specific questions via e-mail.
Links can also find weather for any city in U.S., also cities around the world.
This site is a great weather resource, including explanations, animations, student activity sheets, and teacher answer guides. This site includes instructional materials on a variety of geoscience topics, including meteorology, climatology and oceanography. Also includes information on severe weather. This site has 9 interactive questions. Use for 8th grade weather unit.