Education and Outreach

For Everyone

• US Climate Change Science Program
  •  Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science  
    (an 18-page guide)
     
• NOAA Climate Services Portal:
  "Science & Information for a Climate-Smart Nation"
  Topic Tabs: /News & Features, /Maps & Data, /Teaching Climate
  www.climate.gov See especially Education page
   
• NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS)
  • Glossary of Weather Terms
  • Explanation of Abbreviations & Acronymns
  • A Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Weather Spotters
  • Weather Education
  • Jet Stream-Online School for Weather


• NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
  (formerly, National Climatic Data Center) Education Resources
• NOAA's Climatic Prediction Center (CPC)
  • Educational Materials


• Terminology and Weather Symbols (from NOAA's Ocean Prediction Center)


• Glossary of NHC Terms (from NOAA's National Hurricane Center)


• Education and Outreach from NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)


• NOAA Education's Cool Sites for Everyone


• Midwestern Regional Climate Center's
  • Educational Resources: By Category
    Educational Resources: By Age group
  • Interactive Weather Calculator
  
  
• Western Regional Climate Center's Educational Travel Pages
• NASA Global Climate Change


• University of Kentucky Agricultural Weather Center - Learning about the Weather


• University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center Office of Space Science Education


• Climate Change Education.org

For Students/Kids

• University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center
  • Verner Suomi Scholarship Award for high school seniors
  • WxWise at CIMSS UW-Madison


• Southeast Regional Climate Center's Climate Kids


• Oklahoma Mesonet Earthstorm for Students


• NOAA Education Specially for Students (legacy copy)
  See also new NOAA Education Resources


• National Weather Service's Weather Science Content for Kids & Teens


• National Drought Mitigation Center's Drought for Kids


• Federal Emergency Management Administration FEMA for Kids

For Teachers

• Data Portal for Teachers
   
• American Meteorological Society K13 Educational Initiative


• University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center
  • Explore the Atmosphere!
  • Outreach and Education at CIMSS UW-Madison
  • ESCAPE (Earth Science Component for Academic Enhancement) - 16-week online course through UW-Madison
  • Wisconsin Weather Stories


• Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
  
• Climate Wisconsin
• Climate Wisconsin Series - Wisconsin Media Lab


• NOAA Education Specially for Teachers (legacy copy)
  See also new NOAA Education Resources


• National Weather Service's Jet Stream-Online School for Weather Lesson Plans


• NOAA Climate Services Teacher Resources


• National Severe Storms Lab (NSSL) Education


• Oklahoma Climatological Survey's Earthstorm for Teachers and Educational Materials