Activities

BCWN Weather Forecast Activity: Activity Sheet

An activity from the BCWN that helps younger children get involved in weather reporting.

Weather Hunters: Weather Reporter: Weather Reporting Game 

A PBS kids game where you make a character and adjust the weather so you can make a report about it. 

Wind Simulator: Wind Simulator Game

"Players learn about wind direction, wind speed, pressure systems, and how scientists use wind to predict weather."

Water Cycle Game: Play with water 

"In this board-game style game, players use Action cards, like Condensation and Evaporation, to convert water from one form to another."

UCAR Center for Science Education: Make a Thunderstorm: Interactive Storm Activity 

Here, you can make crazy storms by adjusting temperature and humidity. Then find out why your adjustments created different storms.

NOVA Labs The Cloud Lab: The Cloud Lab

"In this lab, learn how scientists use sophisticated instruments and data to study the development of Earth’s most powerful storms and better predict their impacts."  

Smithsonian Weather Lab: The Weather Lab

"This lab is designed to model the complex interactions between air masses and ocean currents, but like all models it represents probable outcomes."

UCAR Center for Science Education: Forecast a Hurricane: Hurricane Simulator

"Select an upper-level low area (L) and an upper-level high area (H) in the interactive above. Try to predict the path the hurricane will take."

Adolescent Matching Game: Online Matching Game 

On this website, you can match the weather terminology to its definition. Are you a weather wizard?