Teachers can also download a collection of interactive HyperStudio lessons on volcanoes from this web site. This web site serves as a good model for developing lessons plans using Internet science resources. The lesson plans at Project Athena include hands-on activities and projects to do in the classroom for a variety of science curricular topics. Scientists use the students' data to formulate amospheric models, then provide feedback to the students. The measurements conducted by the students include air temperature, cloud observations, precipitation, surface water temperature and pH, soil moisture, biometrics, land cover assessment and species identification.
Students also share findings and communicate with other students using e-mail from the web site.
The Weather Underground is an excellent resource for teachers wishing to incorporate atmospheric studies into their curriculum. This web site contains a variety of weather maps, including satellite image maps, surface maps and contour maps. The Hurricane Tracker within Weathernet contains quicktime movies and satellite images of many hurricanes that have formed in the last few years. This web site also provides real time atmospheric data. Weather Online was developed by the Weather Network.