1.
DiscoverySchool.com - Weather lesson plans
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/weather.html
Grades 6-8:Build
Your Own Weather Station
Hurricane!
Mountain
Barriers
Stormy
Weather
Tornado!
Understanding
Weather
Wonders
of Weather
3. Disaster Math
2. More
links for the tornado lesson plan
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ransomdd/Atpweb/tornadolesson.htm
http://www.app1.fema.gov/kids/dizmath.htm
Interactive Math word problems
related to natural disasters:
Earthquake
Math
Hurricane
Math
Tornado
Math
Wild
Fire Math
Winter
Storm Math
Flood
Math
Math
Master- all of the problems
4. Tornado Project
http://www.kilty.com/tornado.htm
Amateur site- lots of information,
few pictures
5. Various Tornado figures
http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/atmos/statecli/Tornado_v2/illinois.htm
Graphs showing relationships
among various pieces of data for Illinois tornadoes 1950-1988
6. Some visualizations on the tornado
http://www.vets.ucar.edu/vg/MCV/index.shtml
Visualizations (animations):
cloud
water
rain
field and cold pool
cold
pool and particle trajectories
rain
field and horizontal wind vectors
rain
field and horizontal wind vectors- top view
rain
field and vertical slice of wind vector
rain
field and horizontal wind vectors
7. NOAA - Outreach
http://www.education.noaa.gov/tweather.html
Materials for use by teachers:
general
weather-related materials
UV
radiation
Drought
Tornadoes
Lightning
Weather
balloons and radiosondes
Teacher
training information
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/twist0.htm
Tornado resources on USA today. Very detailed information. Links to:
Fujita scale
Tornado graphics and photo gallery
Tornado safety
Watch out for tornadoes
Further tornado research
http://www.tornadoproject.com/
Tornado project online. Information on:
Tornadoes of 2003
Past tornadoes
Tornado safety
Storm shelters
Storm chasing
Fujita scale
Tornado stories
Tornado myths
Tornado oddities
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/#Forecasting
FAQ with answers on Tornado forecasting.
Real-time weather data
Satellite
Surface
Radar data
Upper-air data
Numerical models
Misc. links
World Climate-searchable database of data sets for cities around world
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/archive/tornadoes/index.html
Historical Tornado Data- data sets for states, etc. from 1950-?
HTML documents
Graphs and charts on US tornadoes (GIF format)
Tables (HTML format)
Coded raw tornado data by state and territory
http://www.tornadoquest.com/links.htm
Links to NOAA weather service sites
Weather datasites
Research sites
International weather sites
Organization and groups
Education, archives, and history sites
Storm
chaser links
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml
Weather World 2010 web site-
visualizations forhurricanes, clouds and precipitation, and El Nino.
Online guides
Archives
Currentweather
http://dmoz.org/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/Weather_Phenomena/Tornadoes/
Lists of web sites related to tornadoes. Edited recently.
http://www.essc.psu.edu/hazards/rawdata/torn1.htm
data for states and territories-(HTML table) no reference date
number & rank
fatalities & rank
injuries & rank
adjusted CPI & rank
http://www.geol.vt.edu/vesr/meteo/vesrMtornado.html
Virginia Earth Science Resource Page
Links to variety of tornado-related sites
http://webguide.webmagic.com/Disasters.com/Tornadoes.com/History/
Links to historical tornado info.-
Chicago tornadoes,
Deadliest
List of websites dedicated to specific tornado events (1840-2000)
http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~hopkins/aos100/twister.htm
Links to wide variety of tornado & severe weather sites
http://www.severewx.com/links/archived.htm
Archive of severe weather links from variety of sources.
http://utvols.8m.com/web-links.html
links to:
current weather sites
tornado shelter sites
tornado pages
U.S. government organizations
http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/www/wxx.html
Links to severe weather topics-
Tornadoes
Lightning and fires
Tropical cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons
Optical phenomena
Severe weather
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/users/brooks/public_html/tornado/
Graphs and info by Harold Brooks
Observed record of all tornadoes and deaths
Significant tornado days
Markov chain modeling of significant tornadoes
Significant tornado days –by state
http://www.disastercenter.com/illinois/tornado.html
Data set for Illinois tornadoes by year (1950-1995)
Number, deaths, injuries and adjusted cost.
http://hpccsun.unl.edu/nebraska/weather-photos.html
Links to weather photo sites
http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/index.html
Information about tornadoes.
Has excellent interactive twister.
A safe house
Twister in a bottle.
http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/tornado/history.html
Weather.com encyclopedia
Historical tornadoes
Tornado safety
Tornado formation
Forecasting tornadoes
Tornado climatology
Tornado watches and warnings
Tornado research
Storm chasing
http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/tornado.html
Basic info about tornadoes
Links for other tornado sites
Tornado movie
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/owlie/tornado1.htm
Kid-friendly safety site what to do if you are in:
Your house
In school
Downtown or at a mall
In a trailer
Outside
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/tornado/formation.html
Windows to the Universe site
Has beginner, intermediate, & advanced pages
Links to related pages within the site
http://redrock.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PATHFINDER/aisrp93/storm_research/tornado.html
Tornado simulations (non-animated)
http://ucity.mints.more.net/Gaddis/weather.html
Tornado webquest
Links to variety of resources
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761554892/Tornado.html
MSN Encarta article
Includes 5 multimedia items
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g35/tornadosafety.html
National Geographic lesson plan for 3-5 grade on Tornado Safety
http://www.funnel-quest.com/page3.htm
General info about tornadoes
Links to:
2001 storm season images
forecasting basics
help for victims/preparedness
community preparedness
http://www.todaysteacher.com/LikeAnyOtherJuneDay.htm
Webquest for upper elementary
Links to many resources
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=109120
Encyclopedia Britannica article
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,464012,00.html
Popular Science article about preventing tornadoes & hurricanes
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq61/
Webquest from Indiana school district
Limited list of resources
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_591_,00.html
Red Cross site for tornado safety
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/safety.html
Storm Prediction Center site for tornado safety
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tornadoes/tornadof.shtm
FEMA site for Tornado safety
Tornado safety tips brochure
Tornado safe rooms
http://www.ocs.ou.edu/tornadosafety/homeandschool/default.html
Tornado safety at home and school
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/safety/wtornado.htm
USA Today website
Before the tornado
During the tornado
After the tornado
Tornado alerts
Links to other sites about tornadoes and safety