Keystone Weekly
volume 3, issue 14        January 7, 2002

This week's Key Points: *Web Pick of the Week* and *Awesome Science!*
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Web Pick of the Week
The Weather Dude
http://www.wxdude.com

Thanks to Susan Maxwell from the William Penn School District for submitting this website review!

     This is a good weather site, especially for elementary
     students. I teach second grade and found most of the
     material at an appropriate developmental level for my
     kids. He has links to activity sheets, some designed by
     Teacher Created Materials, Inc. and links to The
     Learning Network. It was written well and easy to
     navigate. Of course he has a CD of songs that he's
     offering for sale which will make the lessons "more
     appealing." It touched the basics of what is covered in
     the STC kit on weather and offered some extensions if
     the class wants to go further in the study. There's
     also a link to a site that offers $500 grants to
     classroom teachers for further study in atmospheric
     science or to purchase scientific equipment for the
     classroom.

Note: You'll find this website in the "Kids' Web Classroom" area of the "Air and Weather" curricular companion.
http://www.keystone.fi.edu/cc_aw/index.shtml

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Awesome Science!
http://www.nasa.gov/newsinfo/nsw_fires.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.p hp3?img_id=6764

Have you seen the horrible fires raging near Sydney, Australia? Well, NASA's Terra Spacecraft has. Take a look at these websites for the awesome satellite view of the fires. Consider connecting these satellite images to ideas about wind and weather. The original fires are believed to have been started by lightning strikes.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9819641.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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