The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility worked with certified educators to create basic science lessons related to weather and climate for K-12th grade through our previous outreach efforts. Originally designed for schools in communities where ARM had research sites, the lessons are useful for students anywhere.
Lesson Plans and Activities
| Name | Type | Grade Level | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rate of Coral Growth | Oceans | ||
| Make Your Own El Niño | Lesson Plan | Climate Change | |
| When Land Ice Melts | Lesson Plan | Oceans | |
| Moving Water and Waves | Lesson Plan | Oceans | |
| Acid Rain | Activity | Climate Change | |
| Adapting to Survive | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Air Density and Temperature | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Air Pressure | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Amount of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere | Activity | Climate Change | |
| Arctic Microclimates; Arctic Microclimate Worksheet | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Bringing Climate Change into the Classroom | Activity | Climate Change | |
| Climate in the Pacific Region | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Clouds of Changing Times | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Coastal Erosion | Activity | Oceans | |
| Common Covering Clouds | Lesson Plan | Weather and Climate | |
| Comparing Temperature, Pressure, and Humidity | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Current Weather | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Dissolved Gases in Water | Activity | Oceans | |
| Effects of Solar Radiation of Land and Sea | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Environmental Changes | Activity | Climate Change | |
| Estimating Local Sea Level | Activity | Oceans | |
| Expansion of Population and the Environment | Activity | Climate Change | |
| Global Warming | Activity | Climate Change | |
| Historical Climate Statistics | Activity | Climate Change | |
| Iñupiat Weather Expertise;An Extended Version of Eñupiat Weather Report |
Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Making Clouds | Lesson Plan | Weather and Climate | |
| Measuring Cloud Heights | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Measuring Quantities of Gases | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Measuring Solar Radiation | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Measuring Water Vapor | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Measuring Wind Profiles | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Microclimate | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Monsoon Convection Cells | Lesson Plan | Weather and Climate | |
| Mountains of Erosion | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Observing Wind Speed and Cloudiness | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Ocean Currents | Activity | Oceans | |
| Outgassing | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Past Sea Level Data | Activity | Oceans | |
| Plant Growth and Carbon Dioxide | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Planting Trees | Lesson Plan | Climate Change | |
| Rainfall and the Water Table | Lesson Plan | Climate Change | |
| Reason for the Seasons | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Sea Water and Agriculture | Activity | Oceans | |
| Simple Light Scattering | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Sunlight and Water Evaporation | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Surface Currents | Activity | Oceans | |
| Surface Meteorological Observation System (SMOS) | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Temperature of the Pacific Ocean | Activity | Oceans | |
| The Extraordinary Life of the Alaskan Tundra | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| The Pacific and El Niño | Activity | Climate Change | |
| The Thermodynamics of Pizza | Activity | Atmosphere | |
| Thermal Expansion of Water | Lesson Plan | Oceans | |
| Tracking Global Climate Change | Activity | Climate Change | |
| Understanding Inversions; More About Inversions | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Understanding Wind Direction and Making a Wind Vane | Lesson Plan | Weather and Climate | |
| Vertical Cloud Radar | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Wave Erosion | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Weather and Climate Statistics | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Weather Baloons | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Whales and Sea Ice: Investigating Insulation | Activity | Oceans | |
| What is an Aerosol? | Lesson Plan | Oceans | |
| When Floating Ice melts in the Sea | Lesson Plan | Oceans | |
| Winds | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Why Is It Hotter at the Equator | Lesson Plan | Weather and Climate | |
| Your Own Anemometer | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Your Own Greenhouse | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Miniactivity Book | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Bookmarks | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| Jenga | Activity | Weather and Climate | |
| An Ocean of Data—About Clouds | Education News | Weather and Climate | |
| Aerosol in the Atmosphere: Part of Earth’s Climate Balance | Education News | Weather and Climate | |
| Year of Tropical Convection | Education News | Weather and Climate | |
| Rainfall in Mountainous Areas | Education News | Weather and Climate | |
| Keeping an Eye on Climate Change | Education News | Weather and Climate | |
| Keeping an Eye on Climate Change1 | Education News | Weather and Climate |