Classroom Resources: Weather
Get to know the National Weather Service in Boulder
Learn about the National Weather Service office in Boulder, CO
Obtenga más información sobre la oficina local de pronóstico del tiempo en Boulder, Colorado
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
- Air Pressure in a Bottle
- Cloud in a Bottle
- Heat Change with Color
- Wind Observations
- Water Cycle in a Bag
- Make Weather Instruments
- Weather Coloring Book
- Satellite Coloring Page
- Lightning Coloring Page
- Hurricane Coloring Page
- Prepare for the Storm
- Be a Forecaster: Thunderstorms
- Be an Incident Meteorologist: Fire
- Forecasting Weather
- Act it Out: Severe Weather
- Be the Weather Instrument
- Natural Disasters Song
- Get Home Before the Storm Maze
- Weather Word Find
- Climate vs Weather matching
- Working in the National Weather Service
- How the National Weather Service Works
- Adventures of Owlie and Sanctuary Sam
- Clouds Out My Window
- Cloud Chart
- Watches vs Warnings
- What causes the seasons?
- Weather vs Climate in your closet
- Dressing for cold weather
- Winter precipitation
- When thunder roars go indoors
- National Weather Service in Boulder
- Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia en Boulder
- National Weather Service Animated Tour
- Owlie Skywarn: Help Build a Weather Ready Nation!
- Extreme Weather Story Map
- Kindergartener’s PSA
- Leon the Lightning Lion PSA
- Forecasting Story Map
- Ask a Scientist: What causes wind?
- Ask a Scientist: Why is it so cold in winter?
- Ask a Scientist: What are weather models?
- Ask a Scientist: What are atmospheric rivers?
- Ask a Scientist: Why do tornadoes form?
- Ask a Scientist: What causes floods?
3rd - 5th Grade
- Colorado Weather
- Weather Where I Live
- Weather in the World
- Air Pressure in a Bottle
- Cloud in a Bottle
- Water Cycle in a Bag
- Heat Change with Color
- Wind Observations
- Satellite Coloring Page
- Lightning Coloring Page
- Hurricane Coloring Page
- Weather Coloring Book
- Make Weather Sensors
- Make a Solar Heat Engine
- Make Weather Instruments
- Prepare for the Storm
- Be a Forecaster: Thunderstorms
- Be an Incident Meteorologist: Fire
- Forecasting Weather
- Dispersion
- Act it Out: Severe Weather
- Be the Weather Instrument
- Get Home Before the Storm Maze
- Weather Word Find
- Colorado Weather fortune teller
- Clouds fortune teller
- Weather Safety fortune teller
- Climate vs Weather matching
- Working in the National Weather Service
- Adventures of Owlie and Sanctuary Sam
- Clouds Out My Window
- Owlie Storms Ahead Book
- Air Pressure
- Clouds
- Wind
- Wind Speed
- Precipitation
- Floods and Droughts
- Lightning
- Radiosondes
- Dropsondes
- Cloud Chart
- Weather Wise
- About the National Weather Service
- Emergency Checklist
- Climate vs Weather
- Meteorological and Astronomical Seasons
- What causes the seasons?
- Weather vs Climate in your closet
- Dressing for cold weather
- Winter precipitation
- When thunder roars go indoors
- National Weather Service in Boulder
- Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia en Boulder
- Forecasting Story Map
- Adjusting to Climate Extremes Story Map
- Ask a Scientist: What causes wind?
- Ask a Scientist: Why is it so cold in winter?
- Ask a Scientist: What are weather models?
- Ask a Scientist: What are atmospheric rivers?
- Overview of the National Hurricane Center
- Tsunamis: Be Prepared and Stay Safe!
- Ask a Scientist: Why do tornadoes form?
- Ask a Scientist: What causes floods?
Middle School
- Colorado Weather
- Weather Where I Live
- Weather in the World
- Weather Safety
- From Fact to Fiction
- Make Weather Sensors
- Make a Solar Heat Engine
- Climate Stripes
- The Tale of Two Seasons
- Colorado Weather fortune teller
- Clouds fortune teller
- Weather Safety fortune teller
- Weather Word Find
- Jet Stream lessons
- NOAA Data in the Classroom
- Forecasting Story Map
- Adjusting to Climate Extremes Story Map
- Overview of the National Hurricane Center
- Tsunamis: Be Prepared and Stay Safe!
- Interview with a Forecaster Caitlyn
- Interview with an Incident Meteorologist Bruno
- Interview with a Research Meteorologist Terra
- Interview with Research Meteorologist Ed
- Incident Meteorologists and Forest Fires
- Forecasting Challenges
- Creating Weather Models
- Jet Stream and Polar Vortex
- Floods, Droughts and Climate Change
- Floods: Modeling and Prevention
High School/College
- Forecasting Story Map
- Adjusting to Climate Extremes Story Map
- Overview of the National Hurricane Center
- Tsunamis: Be Prepared and Stay Safe!
- Interview with a Forecaster Caitlyn
- Interview with an Incident Meteorologist Bruno
- Interview with a Research Meteorologist Terra
- Interview with Research Meteorologist Ed
- Incident Meteorologists and Forest Fires
- Forecasting Challenges
- Creating Weather Models
- Jet Stream and Polar Vortex
- Floods, Droughts and Climate Change
- Floods: Modeling and Prevention
Next Generation Science Standards
Grade Level
Standard
NOAA Boulder Science
Kinder
K-ESS2-1 – Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
K-ESS3-2 – Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
K-ESS3-3 – Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
NOAA Boulder forecasters in the Weather Forecasting Office predict weather for Northeast Colorado and issue watches and warnings when severe weather occurs.
NOAA Boulder researches work to understand how our climate is changing, and how to predict the impact of flood and drought.
2nd
2-ESS1-1 Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
2-ESS2-1 – Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.
NOAA Observes weather events using satellites, radar weather balloons and instruments on the ground. Forecasters observe storms and fronts over hours, days, and seasonal change over months.
3rd
3-ESS2-1 – Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
3-ESS2-2 – Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
3-ESS3-1 – Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
NOAA creates 30 year “climate normals” for the United States.
The National Weather Service works with local communities to be prepared for severe weather that may occur.
4th
4-PS3-2 – Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
4-ESS2-1 – Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Heat and light from the sun provide the energy that fuels weather systems around the world.
The National Weather Service in Boulder is especially concerned about the loss of vegetation after wildfires that can lead to flash flooding for years after the fire occurs.
5th
5-ESS2-1 – Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
NOAA Boulder scientists study the boundary layer interactions to better understand the whole earth system.
Middle School
MS-ESS2-5 – Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
MS-ESS2-6 – Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
MS-ESS2-5 – MS-ESS3-2 Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
National Weather Service forecasters observe the movement of air masses to predict changing weather.
NOAA Boulder scientists study the physics of the atmosphere and interaction between solar radiation, atmosphere, and ocean circulations to create weather and climate models.
NOAA Boulder forecasters communicate with emergency managers and community partners about future weather hazards.
High School
HS-ESS2-4 – Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate.
HS-ESS2-5 – Plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.
NOAA Boulder researchers use their knowledge of energy in the earth system to refine climate prediction models.
NOAA Boulder scientists predict and monitor floods and drought, and work with community partners to address impacts from water extremes.