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Weather Wise : A Virtual Exploration Guide to Weather and Climate

Weather Wise : A Virtual Exploration Guide to Weather and Climate

With downloadable activity sheets and exercises, and the use of the Internet, students increase their awareness of the consequences of global warming by exploring common elements of weather, the greenhouse effect, and climate change. Emphasis is placed on what we can all do to slow down the production of greenhouse gases and the resulting environmental damage.

Weather Wise: A Virtual Exploration Guide to Weather and Climate can be downloaded as independent modules. Worksheets for the modules can be reproduced as necessary for your classroom. You can also download the entire Guide as a single file. (.pdf file (1,006 Kb))

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Modules:

Introduction

Find out what this Virtual Exploration Guide can do for you! This section also includes references and curriculum links.

Download module (.pdf file – 282 Kb)

Weather

Discover the basic elements that make up weather and the instruments used to measure them. Learn how weather data is collected and how meteorologist forecast tomorrow’s weather. The topics include:

  • Weather elements
  • Weather instruments
  • Forecasting and the weather network

Download module (.pdf file – 334 Kb)

Global Warming

Find out why our planet is warming up. Explore the concept of global warming and examine the basic principle of the greenhouse effect. The topics include:

  • Average temperature of the earth over time
  • The greenhouse effect and enhancement
  • Greenhouse gases and the link to fossil fuels

Download module (.pdf file – 384 Kb)

Climate Change and Our Responsibility

Discover the consequences of climate change and learn how our daily actions and choices can reduce harmful greenhouse gases. The topics include:

  • Effects of climate change
  • Consequences of climate change
  • Alternative Energy
  • Personal Choices

Learn about energy and the environment at the Tell me about Energy web page.

Download module (.pdf file – 174 Kb)

How to View and Print the Exploration Guide

Separate modules of our Exploration Guide are provided as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. If you do not have Acrobat® Reader, please click here to download it from the Adobe® Web site.

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Athabasca Glacier, Alberta Canada
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Earth & Environment

On Thin Ice - Athabasca Glacier Expedition

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Jul 10, 2018
LTE and Will Gadd descended into Alberta’s Athabasca Glacier to explore the effects of climate change on the glacier. The team was joined by Martin Sharp, a glaciologist from the University of Alberta who helped explain the impacts that climate change has had, and will have, on the area in general and the ice fields in particular.
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Earth & Environment

On Thin Ice - Athabasca Glacier Expedition Photo Gallery

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Jul 10, 2018
Lets Talk Energy and Will Gadd descended into Alberta’s Athabasca Glacier to explore the effects of climate change on the glacier. The team was joined by Martin Sharp, a glaciologist from the University of Alberta who helped explain the impacts that climate change has had, and will have, on the area in general and the ice fields in particular. For more information on the glacier expedition read: On Thin Ice - Athabasca Glacier Expedition.
A Portec RMC Hurricane Jet Snow Blower operated by the New York City Transit Authority, Coney Island, New York, January 2014. New York City Transit Authority.
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Aviation

Hold on to your shovel, it’s time to clear the snow!, Part 2

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May 1, 2018
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Road Transportation

Hold on to your shovel, it’s time to clear the snow!, Part 1

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Apr 23, 2018
To quote Princess Irulan, a minor character from the rather disappointing 1984 science fiction movie Dune , a beginning is a very delicate time. Should yours truly begin this article with the vehicle shown in the photo above, extracted from the pages of the weekly The Aeroplane , one of the great British aviation magazines of the 20th century, or should I go the beginning and move from there? Decision, decision. Many people who know me know only too well how much I love making decisions. Oh well
An artist's impression of the Earth and Sun alignment during equinox
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Space

Understanding the Equinoxes

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Mar 21, 2018
If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the beginning of Spring, and if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere it’s the beginning of autumn. Either way, Science Advisor Jesse Rogerson explains why we have equinoxes in the first place.
Satellite view of the Juan de Fuca strait.
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Aviation

Fog in the Strait of Juan de Fuca

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Jun 14, 2017
The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) aboard NASA's GOES-16 satellite captured multiple images of fog rolling into the Juan de Fuca strait. The high-resolution nature of GEOS-16 allows researchers to see small-scale weather features such as "bow shock waves" within the fog travelling down the strait.
Satellite image of the snowpack in the Sierra mountains
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Earth & Environment

The Snowpack in the Californian Mountains Quadruples

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Apr 24, 2017
Data from NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory shows that the snowpack in the Tuolumne Basin of the Sierra Nevada mountains is 1.5 cubic kilometers, which is more than the previous 4 years combined. Californians are surely enjoying the extra precipitation, as they have been in a drought for the last 5 years. The Airborne Snow Observatory uses a combination of LIDAR and Imaging Spectrometer fixed to a small plane to measure the snowpack in the mountains of California.