How Do We Forecast Weather



	How Do We Forecast Weather? Cindy Fry, Sandy Kelnhofer, Barbara Quintasket Paschal Sherman Indian School, Omak, Washington
	Required Materials No online required materials Web sites NASA’s Global Hydrology and Climate Center – Has various types of satellite images all over the world www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/globalwv.html University Corporation for Atmospheric Research – Information and education resources on weather www.ucar.edu/ucar/index.html National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Photo Library of Space – Good source of pictures of satellites www.photolib.noaa.gov/space/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Information and history of satellites, background information for teachers www.oso.noaa.gov/history/index.htm USA Today’s Weather Technology – Information for students and teachers www.usatoday.com/weather/wtech0.htm Dan’s Wild, Wild Weather – Weather technology information for students www.wildwildweather.com/satellit.htm Franklin’s Forecast – Weather technology information for students, educational resources www.fi.edu/weather/ The Tech Museum of Innovation – Information about satellites for students and teachers www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/satellite/ Surfnet Kids – Links to student sites on satellites www.surfnetkids.com/satellite.htm Schoolnet Digital Collections program – Information on satellites for students http://collections.ic.gc.ca/satellites/english/ Science for Families – Links to sites with satellite information for students http://scienceforfamilies.allinfo-about.com/features/satellites.html Kids Using Satellites – Information about satellites www.wfu.edu/albatross/kids_sats.htm National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Information on weather balloons and other related topics www.education.noaa.gov/cweather.html NOAA Weather for Kids – Information on weather balloons for students www.wrh.noaa.gov/Missoula/balloon.html National Weather Service – Provides information and examples of the various types of weather observation technology www.nws.noaa.gov/observations.html NASA’s Remote Sensing, Learning from Satellites http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/sensing/index.html Winds of Change CD – Contains a variety of excellent images and activities. Can be obtained free from a NASA Educational Resource Center or ordered directly by electronic mail to pcfalcon@mail1.jpl.nasa.gov http://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/education/