Weather is simple as rain drops falling into your palm but as complex and scary as air forming tornado funnels whirling through the sky. We need the various elements of weather - rain, snow, hail, ice, and others - to support our life here on Earth. It is fun to learn about weather and how it affects people according to where they live. Children in other countries have different weather conditions; they rarely see snow or it might rain for long periods of time. No matter where you live, weather is all around you; just watch and learn every day.

What Is Weather?

• Weather Facts – Learn about weather.
• Define Weather – Play the Weather Game and learn to define weather.
• Weather Wiz Kids – Find out cool things about weather.
• What is Weather? - Simple explanation of weather.
• Weather for Kids – A kids page all about the weather and weather related resources.

Science of Weather

• Atmospheric Scientists – Basic overview of atmospheric scientists and their jobs.
• Cloud Seeding – Can scientists make rain?
• Weather Balloons – Tools of the weather scientist.
• Weather Stations – Build your own weather station and practice being an atmospheric scientist.
• Weather Scientists – Careers in meteorology.

Geography's Role in Weather

• An Inconvenient Geography – Analysis of geography and climate change relations.
• Geography and Climate Change – Information about how climate change effects agriculture.
• Geography and Global Warming – Click on the interactive map to learn how geography and global warming are connected.
• Geography Impacts Weather – Explanation of the connection between geography and weather.
• Geography and Weather – Find out how geography affects weather.

Forecasting Weather

• Forecasting – The tools of the trade.
• Forecasting Hurricanes – Try your hand at forecasting a hurricane.
• Predict-o-Matic – Use the predict-o-meter to forecast future weather.
• Weather Forecasting – Basic overview of how forecasting is done.
• Web Weather for Kids – Learn to be a weather forecaster.

Climate

• Ask an Expert – Get answers to climate change questions.
• Climate and Global Change – Extensive information about climate change, global warming and other weather topics.
• Climate Change – What is climate and can it be changed?
• Global Warming and Penguins – Report on how global warming impacts penguin populations.
• Mercury Rising - Take a virtual ten day expediton to Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica.

Extreme Weather

• Disaster Area – Interactive tools teach about severe weather related disasters.
• Hurricane Storm Science – What is it like inside a hurricane?
• Playtime for Kids – Interactive way to learn about extreme weather.
• Tsunami – Complete information on dangerous tsunamis.
• World Tornado Records - List of the world's deadliest tornadoes.