Weather-Pathfinder

Weather-Pathfinder

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There is a lot of information available about weather and this pathfinder points towards some of the best. It will help you find websites, books, videos, databases and other resources. If you need more help, be sure to ask at your local library.

Helpers: Websites | Online Services | Non-Fiction | Fiction | Audio, Video, and Interactive | Library Hints

Websites

  • The Bay Kids' Weather Page

    http://library.thinkquest.org/3805/

    Projects, myths, stories, jokes; it's all here.

  • Climate Kids

    http://www.sercc.com/education

    Weather fun and activities to help kids learn about weather.

  • Franklin's Forecast

    http://www.fi.edu/weather/

    An excellent exploration of weather technologies.

  • CDN Just for Kids: Hurricanes

    http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/kids.html

    All sorts of information on hurricanes including Hurricane Juan which hit Nova Scotia in 2003.

  • Snow Crystals

    http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/

    Absolutely everything you want to know about snowflakes and snow crystals.

  • The Water Cycle

    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Watercycle.shtml

    An easy-to-read explanation of the water cycle.

  • Weather

    http://www.education.noaa.gov/sweather.html

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, has gathered all their kid's weather pages together.

  • The Weather Dude

    http://www.wxdude.com/

    This weather site was created for kids and teachers by a meteorologist.

  • CDN Weather from the Atlas of Canada

    http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/superweather.html

    Which city in Canada has the most thunderstorms each year? The most snow? Or, the least rain? To find out, visit this site from Natural Resources Canada. It's fun, factual and freezing.

  • CDN The Weather Network

    http://www.theweathernetwork.com/

    Visit the Weather Network to learn more about current weather conditions across Canada. An excellent site for Canadian, U.S. and International weather maps.

  • CDN Weather Office

    http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/

    This site is the place to look for current weather information anywhere in the world. The "Weather Office" makes weather research fun.

  • Weather Wiz Kids

    http://www.weatherwizkids.com/

    Explains different types of weather. Includes games, experiments, jokes and folklore.

  • Web Weather for Kids

    http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/

    View weather in motion and learn all about temperature, pressure, volume and density. Select from the many hands-on activities to create fog, rain or thunder.

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Online Services

  • Grolier Online Kids

    http://auth.grolier.com/cgi-libscript/entrypoint.pl?86033

    Use the search box or go through other great encyclopedias like the New Book of Knowledge, Multimedia Encyclopedia, the New Book of Popular Science and more.

  • World Book Online

    http://www.worldbookonline.com/pl/forkids/home?ed=lib&acct=CD24728

    Click on World Book Kids and do your search. It is a good general encyclopedia.

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Non-Fiction

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Fiction

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Audio, Video, and Interactive

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Find More at the Library

  • To locate more books, use the suggested call numbers, keywords, and phrases to search the library catalogue.
  • Call numbers to browse
    • 363.7 World weather problems
    • 551.5 Weather
    • 904.5 Natural disasters such as floods and drought
  • Suggested subject headings for catalogue
    • Climate
    • Climatology
    • Clouds
    • Hydrologic cycle
    • Meteorology
    • Water cycle
    • Weather
    • Weather experiments
    • Weather instruments

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