Ocean World - Supported by NASA through the TOPEX/Poseidon Education Project, this site has educational information and classroom activities on oceans & climate, El Niño, ice ages, fisheries, waves, icebergs and currents. Although the site is still under construction, it is already has many great resources.

Gulf of Maine: Weather - A variety of classroom lessons and activities on hurricanes, El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and fog.

CoVis-Weather World 2010 Student Projects & Activities - From the Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois come a collection of classroom activities with teaching guides on various weather-related topics such as pressure, air masses, precipitation, cyclones, forecasting and more.

The CERES S'COOL (Students' Cloud Observations On-Line) Project - A project which involves school children providing ground truth measurements to assist in the validation of the CERES instruments in climate related studies. The website enables you to compare the surface- and space-based observations to learn more about clouds and climate.

MetEd - This site provides upper-level, in-depth content for a variety of meteorology topics and includes a multimedia database and multi-lingual modules. Lesson plans are available for middle and high school level.

Atmosphere: A Delicate Situation - Lesson plan to introduce the student to the fundamental principles of the earth's atmosphere. Grade 8.

All About Sea Ice - This comprehensive site is an introduction to sea ice: what it is, how it forms, how it is studied, how it affected historical expedition in the polar regions, and what role it plays in the global climate. The site contains a glossary of sea ice terms and references to additional information, which all serve as an excellent introduction. Data are also available from various collection methods for student interpretation.

Global Climate Change

Science with NOAA Research: Atmosphere - Teaching activities that investigate the origins and effects of global warming and the effects solar events have on the Earth. Includes background information, data, applications, and additional activities.

EPA Global Warming Site - Discover what global warming is, what the greenhouse gases are and how much we emit, what the potential future impacts are, and what is being done to correct the problem.

USGS: Global Change - Teacher's resources on climate change. Themes include change, cycles, and earth as home.

TOPEX/Poseidon: Understanding Our Oceans & Climate from Space - A joint U.S./French project to monitor global ocean circulation, discover the tie between the oceans and atmosphere, and improve global climate predictions. Contains information on the first TOPEX/Poseidon mission, el niño, science & data, and educational resources.

Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast Region Curriculum Guide - Developed by the non-profit organization Union of Concerned Scientists, this 66 page curriculum guide provides 10 classroom activities that explore global warming and climate change and their effects on the Gulf of Mexico region. Grades 9-12.

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program Educational Outreach - Definition of what paleoclimatology is plus slide sets, data sets, and other educational materials for educators.

El Niño/La Niña

El Niño Theme Page - Contains basic information on El Niño such as what is El Niño, what is La Niña, and what are their impacts and benefits, plus current El Niño/La Niña information, forecasts, and scientific data.

Science with NOAA Research: El Niño - Teaching activity about El Niño, how it forms, and its effects on the weather of the world. Includes background information, data, applications, and additional activities.

El Nino/La Nina Watch - "The TOPEX site provided lots of in-depth data relating to sea surface temperature. This data is directly applicable to a study of ENSO(El Nino South Occillation). The picture respresentations and videos are very well done and will be of great value in any lesson done with El Nino/ La Nina. The lesson plans...are useful." Tim, Science Teacher, Grades 7,8

NOVA Online: Tracking El Niño - Learn about the anatomy of El Niño, its global affects, and what to expect this summer.

El Niño and La Niña - These Environment Canada websites contain descriptions and animations of El Niño and La Niña, forecasts, comparisons of previous events, Canadian and global effects, and suggested readings.

Storms

General

Sea Grant HazNet - Sea Grant has compiled a collection of educational resources and lesson plans on a variety of coastal hazards including flooding, erosion, hurricanes, and tsunamis.

National Severe Storms Laboratory's Weather Room - This education website from NOAA has: facts on tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning and thunderstorms; lessons on weather symbols, maps and systems; an extensive list of weather and climate resources for teachers; information on careers in weather; and a list of weather links including weather data.

Science with NOAA: Storms - Teaching activities that investigate hurricanes, tornadoes, and lightning by tracking their courses and measuring their strength, plus learn how weather is forecasted. Includes background information, data, applications, and additional activities.

The Aftermath - Multiple activity, comprehensive lesson plan includes background information, grading rubric, information on associated learning standards and assessment, as well as links to additional external resources. Activity explores the concepts of a hurricane's impact on the environment, society, and economics of a given community. Students map the potential storm surge and flooding on a topographic map and locate and report on past hurricanes in a specific geographical region.

Floods & Storm Damage

Newton's Apple: Floods - Background information, vocabulary, and teaching activity on floods and how development of the flood plain increases the damage done by a flood.

Overflowing the Banks - Classroom activity from NOVA that uses a clay riverbank model to demonstrate how floodwalls caused the Great Flood of 1993 in St. Louis.

Real-Time Water Data - USGS streamflow data including flow, stage and temperature for stations around the country.

Reducing the Impacts of Coastal Hazards - NOAA information on the increase in coastal disaster damage over recent years, hazard mitigation strategies across the nation, and three case studies of different mitigation strategies including structural strengthening, land use planning, and alteration of the environment.

Coastal and Nearshore Erosion - Detailed USGS fact sheets and case studies on the coastal erosion of various El Niño events in California and hurricanes on the East Coast.

Flood Impacts - NOAA statistics on flood-related damage and fatalities from 1903 to the present.

Ice Age Floods Institute - Description of the glacier-induced flooding of the Clark Fork River in Idaho during the last ice age causing the creation of Lake Missoula.

The Aftermath - Multiple activity, comprehensive lesson plan includes background information, grading rubric, information on associated learning standards and assessment, as well as links to additional external resources. Activity explores the concepts of a hurricane's impact on the environment, society, and economics of a given community. Students map the potential storm surge and flooding on a topographic map and locate and report on past hurricanes in a specific geographical region.

FEMA Recovery Times: Surviving the Storm - PDF files from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on flood, hurricane, winter storm, wildfire and El Niño preparedness.

Floyd's Carolina Floods: A Natural Disaster Becomes Research - Hurricane Floyd caused massive flooding for North Carolina in the fall of 1999. This NASA website shows Landsat 7 & SEAWiFS satellite images of the flooding.

Flood Tracking Chart for the Red River Basin - Access a chart and real-time data for the Red River in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Hurricanes

Gulf of Maine Aquarium: Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Fran - A dozen hurricane-based classroom activities in PDF format that can be downloaded for free and used with your class.

Understanding Weather-Hurricanes- Background information about hurricanes including formation areas, energy, predictions, and warnings is covered here.

Hurricane Features - Learn the basics about hurricane features including hurricane basics, structure and tracking. This site gives a nice overview of hurricanes and includes animations of some hurricane processes.

National Hurricane Center - Access the latest storm news and data including the latest satellite imagery, hurricane awareness information and historical information.

Forces of Nature: Hurricanes - This extensive, interactive website describes what a hurricane is, how one forms, its characteristics, the effects, hurricane prediction, and more. Discover the power and destruction of past major hurricanes such as Floyd, Andrew, and Camille, and view before and after photographs. In the Lab section, create your own hurricane in different parts of the world and explore the effects of different weather conditions on hurricanes.

FEMA: Storm Watch - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides the latest tracking maps for this season's hurricanes.

FAQ: Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones- Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions on ocean storms from NOAA's Hurricane Research Division.

Tsunamis

Tsunami Links - This site from NOAA includes a comprehensive list of federal, state, and international tsunami links and publications.

Tsunamis and Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest - A description from the U.S. Geological Survey on how earthquakes cause tsunamis in the Pacific.