Weather Permitting
Division: A- Elementary
NC Essential Standards Alignment: 2.E.1, 5.E.1
Event Rules: See 2024 Division A Rules Manual
Description:
This event will test the team’s knowledge of conducting investigations and using appropriate technology to build an understanding of Severe Storms.
Materials:
Teams MUST bring writing instruments. No other resources are allowed. Event leaders will bring all other materials.
Scoring:
Points will be awarded for the accuracy of responses. Ties will be broken by the accuracy or quality of responses to pre-selected questions chosen by the event leader.
Event Resources:
Weather Permitting 2019 Coaches Clinic Presentation (2020 Rules)
Weather Permitting 2018 Coaches Clinic Presentation (2019 rules)
Geographical Influences
Weather World
Climate Change Online Lab
Precipitation Education
Storms:
Hurricanes – How Stuff Works
Hurricanes and Climate Change – New York Times video
Severe Weather – Crash Course Kids
How Hurricanes Work – infographic – Live Science
Winds, sea surface, chemistry and more!
WeatherSTEM: National School Weather Stations and Lesson plans and more!
Weather Underground: Live and past Hurricane Data
BBC take on Hurricanes, Typhoons, Cyclones
Looking at Storms in 3D
A Multidimensional View of a Hurricane
Water Falls: Getting the Big Picture
Dive into a 360- View of a Hurricane
NASA – Hurricanes & Tropical storms
Tropical Tidbits – great blog explaining current weather phenomena
NOAA – National Hurricane Center click on the Education and Outreach sections on the left side bar
The Weather Channel
NASA – Meteorology Educator’s Guide
The Teacher’s Guide – Weather
Internet4Classrooms- Weather Links
American Meteorological Society – lots of good info and links
Weather Wiz Kids – Tornados, Hurricanes, Rain and Floods, Safety, and many activities.
Hurricane Sandy – a summary
Asbestos Exposure Guide
Archived storm reports from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center: https://www.spc.noaa.
Archived weather maps that were the day’s forecast, from NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center: https://www.wpc.ncep.
Archived watches from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center: https://www.spc.noaa.
Archived products from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center in general: https://www.spc.noaa.
Climate:
NC State Climate Office
http://climatekids.nasa.gov/
What is Climate? Video
NOAA – Climate
NOAA – Ten Climate Science Activities
Earth Climate Course
Earth Climate System – good notes
NASA Precipitation Education page, lots of good activities, scroll towards the bottom for a water cycle dice game