Thematic Activities

The Magic School Bus Kicks up a Storm
White, Nancy
AR Quiz No. 54494 EN

The Magic School Bus Presents: Wild Weather
Callery, Sean
AR Quiz No. 167345 EN

So, what's the difference between "weather" and "severe weather"? Is it just how hard the wind is blowing? Is it just thunder and lighting? Well, it can be some or all of those things. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about what makes Severe Weather and how it interacts with the Geosphere and Biosphere.

Why is my weather app sometimes wrong? Well it has a lot to do with wind. Jet Streams, air cells, the shape and movement of the Earth... there are a lot of things that make weather a little unpredictable. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about how Ocean Currents actually work with Jet Streams to move weather around.

Learn About Weather is a channel brought to you by the Met Office - the United Kingdom's national weather service - where you can discover something new about weather every week. We publish a new video every week, so be sure to subscribe to stay up to date.

Tornadoes are the most violent storms on Earth, with wind velocities that can exceed 200 miles per hour. How do these terrifying cyclones form? Meteorologist James Spann sheds light on the lifespan of tornadoes as they go from supercell thunderstorms to terrible twisters before eventually dissolving back into thin air.

Learn how to make your own cold front at home! Meteorologist Nick Merianos taught students about cold fronts and how they can trigger storms yesterday during our Project Weather School. If you missed the lesson, watch the video below and then test your knowledge with our interactive quiz: http://specne.ws/5v7PZa

A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure, allowing weather forecasters and scientists to better predict extreme weather events. Despite its incredible usefulness, inventing the barometer was no walk in the park. Asaf Bar-Yosef describes the series of scientists and events that contributed to the birth of the barometer -- and explains how it actually works.

Our weather printables help you teach children some basic elements and key vocabulary. Stormy, Cloudy and Hail. You can expand this theme with Seasonal Preschool Printables or by making a daily calendar to track the weather on a more extensive basis by adding it to your morning circle time or within a personal morning work folder.

Learning about the weather is fun and exciting with this Weather Printable Pack . Children will love learning about tornadoes, hurricanes, storms, lightning and the wind with this 60+ page Weather Printable Pack that is aimed at children in kindergarten, preschool and grade 1.

Help kids learn about the weather while having fun with our collection of free weather worksheets. We have a variety of educational printables with a weather theme like matching clothes to the weather, today's weather, forecasting the weather, drawing different weather types, unscrambling weather related words, weather word search and much more!

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About 65 activities, including rain, clouds, fog, hurricanes, flooding, tornadoes, lightning, thunder, and weather jokes!

Weather activities for preschool can be incorporated in science explorations as well as seasonal and other study themes.

Pinterest board with 330+ ideas!