METEOROLOGY LINKS

Hurricanes

Click here to learn more about the Earth's atmosphere

Power Points

from class

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Weather is cool

General Weather information sites
Our Eisenhower Weather Station
You don't know what to wear in the morning ?  Is it going to rain today ? Are you wondering what today's barometric pressure is ?  Check out real-time Wyckoff weather conditions collected by our very own weather station on top of our school ! 
NJ Local Radar

 When will the rain or snow be here ?  See for yourself .

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Northeast Radar
United States Radar
Web Weather for Kids

Check out this site for simple weather explanations. Get the worksheet (pdf)

Weather Achieve

You can use this site for review of weather topics we discuss

Weather Underground

A great site for data on our current and past weather

for the basics on weather.

Our Atmosphere

LIVING IN OUR OCEAN OF AIR

RESEARCH PROJECT

Your mission is...
Structure of the Atmosphere

Take a balloon ride through the atmosphere !  
Get the worksheet (pdf)

Weather Ingredients

See the recipe for weather....yum       Get the worksheet (pdf)

Properties of Air Labs

Charles' Law Lab

Boyle's Law Lab

Filling the Boxes  - Get the worksheet (pdf)

Energy in the Atmosphere
Check out the electromagnetic spectrum
Land and Sea Breezes

Ah...a day at the beach. Watch this animation about ocean breezes .

Get the worksheet (pdf) 

Wind Power

Learn how wind power works. 

Also, check out :           Animation #1

                                   Animation #2

Weather Instruments and Labs
Sling Psychrometer
See how a sling psychrometer works
Barometer
Understand how a barometer measures air pressure
Lab Reviews and Makeups
Go here to review or makeup labs from class
Tornados
WHYFILES - TWISTERS
understand tornado destruction using the Fujita Scale - Moo - Get the worksheet (pdf)
TORNADO DAMAGE PHOTOS (PBS)

Use the Fujita scale to rank hurricanes using photographs of the damage.  Get the worksheet  (pdf) (bottom of "Whyfiles" worksheet above)

WHAT MAKES A TORNADO ?

A National Geographic interactive on the makings of a tornado.
Get the worksheet    (pdf)

The Fujita Scale
See how we rank tornadoes !
Hurricane
HURRICANE INFO
learn some of the basics about hurricanes as well as tracking information.
THE PERFECT STORM

Learn about the "real perfect storm".  Get the Worksheet (pdf)

WHAT MAKES A HURRICANE ?-

A National Geographic interactive on the makings of a hurricane.
Get the Worksheet  (pdf)

Hurricane Katrina

Observe a satellite image of hurricane Katrina (NOAA).  Notice the

Also, see the Infrared image of hurricane Katrina (NOAA)

Hurricane Names
Will a hurricane be named after you ?  Find out here !
Hurricane Names - Retired
Some storm names will never be used again.
Hurricane History
Learn more about historically significant storms
2005 Hurricane Season

Check out this record setting season map

Current Tropical Conditions

Click here to see if there are any tropical storms or

hurricanes right now !

The Coriolis Effect

Find out why hurricanes spin the way they do.

Watch this video too.


Seasons and Climate
The Reason for our Seasons

Find out why we have seasons 

(scroll down to "Seasons Interactive")

Making the Weather
What would the Earth be like without seasons ?  What would life be like if our planet did not rotate?  Find out here...  Get the worksheet (pdf)
Receding Glaciers

See images of shrinking glaciers

Lightning Video
check out this video of a lightning strike. Kapow !
Air Quality and Pollution
Smog City

You control the pollution in this simulation activity

worksheet   (pdf)

Sources of Air Pollution
A list of common air pollutants and where they come from
How to make Ozone
See how ozone is made
Personal Emissions Calculator
How much pollution do YOU make ?
Alternative Energy Evaluation

Compare and evaluate various sources of energy for human use.

worksheet (pdf)

How long will it last ?
If you bury it, how long will it last ?

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Power Point presentations from class:

Click on the topic of the Power Point below. 

If you do not have Power Point on your computer, then choose the pdf version.

For copies of notes associated with the power points, click on "Get the Notes" .

Then watch the power point and fill them in.

Climate Power Point  

(pdf version)

Get the Notes

Seasons Power Point

(pdf version)

 

Pollution Solution Project

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Mr. De Block
mdeblock@wyckoffschools.org
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