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Meteorologist Crystal Wicker explains all kinds of weather to kids, teachers and parents. Her hurricane page explains how hurricanes develop, what hurricane hunters do, and includes links to lesson plans on other sites.
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This meteorology guide for high school students and grown ups, is published by the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Reasons to visit are the animated videos explaining the science of hurricanes.
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Sky Diary publisher Chris Kridler is a storm chaser and journalist. Her site answers commonly asked questions about hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning, as well as housing her amazing storm and sky photos.
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Scholastic.com has a great hurricane section that includes a glossary, experiments, videos, clickable infographics, recommended links, an interview with a meteorologist, and a quiz.
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Visit this NASA site to learn how hurricanes are created, why they move, and how deadly they can be.
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Childrens' games abpout the seasons, including some colouring pages
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Professor of Geography Michael Ritter, from University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, provides another excellent online textbook for high-school and college students.
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This illustrated chapter on atmospheric pressure for high school and college students is from the online textbook "Fundamentals of Physical Geography" by Michael Pidwirny, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia.
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Today's lesson from the National Weather Service Online Weather School is all about air pressure, and this online classroom includes six do-it-yourself experiments or labs, called Learning Lessons.
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In addition to the short lesson, this NASA Kids Earth site includes three air pressure experiments, a word search puzzle, five discussion questions ("What do you think causes wind?") and a couple of online experiments
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This illustrated geology lesson for elementary and middle-school students includes songs ("Why Does the Wind Blow") and an introduction to atmospheric pressure, density, wind patterns, and the Coriolis effect.
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Air pressure is the weight (or force) of the atmosphere at any particular point. Although you can't feel it or see it, air pressure plays an important part in weather, and can be demonstrated with some really fun experiments.
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