Weather Tech:
Investigating Weather with Your Internet Connection

Weather monitoring and prediction just got easier and less expensive! Weather Tech plus an Internet connection guides your students to access and analyze satellite images, Doppler radar and weather data from The Weather Channel to track weather systems on a local, regional or global scale.

Instructional Materials:

• The Weather Classroom: Ten video segments from the weather experts, The Weather Channel
  
• Teacher's Manual: At-a-glance view of each activity with objectives, materials and media checklists to meet Technology Education objectives
  
• Student Workbook and Reproducible Worksheets: Step-by-step instructions and Internet resource guidelines to support daily activities and integrate existing measurement and prediction instruments
  
• Cloud Chart from The Weather Channel: Full-color cloud patterns with descriptions of associated weather phenomena
  
• Assessment Instruments: Pre/post-tests; student project evaluations; final student/teacher module evaluations
  
• Reading materials and web site resources are easily accessible on Teachable Tech's web site
  

Equipment Needs:

An Internet Connection
Optional: Weather instruments - electronic or mechanical.
Note: This module is compatible with satellite dish, Davis Instruments, or other weather instrumentation.

Sample Activity Titles:

Forecasting Today
Reading Hi-Tech Weather Maps
Analyzing Weather Data
Air Pressure
Clouds and Weather
You're the Meteorologist
Forecasting Models

Sample Objectives:

Students will:

• Understand weather elements and their role in the creation of weather
  
• Utilize new technologies to interpret weather data
  
• Manipulate Internet-based AND/OR satellite weather data to determine current weather and predict future weather patterns and changes
  
• Recognize the global impact of weather and weather prediction
  
• Use geographic knowledge to interpret satellite images and analyze weather patterns