Although it has been studied since the eighteenth century, the mystery of what causes lightning has not been completely unlocked.
When you first see lightning or hear thunder, activate your emergency plan. Now is the time to go to a building or a vehicle. IF OUTDOORS ...
National Geographic shares "electrifying stories" and "shocking facts" about lightning in this site for elementary and middle-school students.
This kids page from the National Weather Service is a collection of lightning games, most of them printable.
For high-school students, this physics lesson from Glenbrook High School explains the causes of lightning strikes and how lightning rods work to protect buildings.
KIDSTORM illustrates step-by-step how lightning is formed in a storm cloud, what thunder is, and introduces the rarely seen lightning called red sprites and blue jets.
Cloud buster interactive game
The metereological office - weather and climate change in the UK
This is your one stop shop for science fun. Whatever you love about science you'll find it here; from magnetism to molecules, Saturn to seismology, photons to photosynthesis, we cover everything
Hitchams school science resources
Materials and weather - clothes for the climate
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