Friday, August 14, 2009

Stormy Weather

Come take a simulated field trip through a storm! People and animals coexist and experience the same natural phenomena such as weather. During storms people and animals both seek shelter. Use Project WILD's "Stormy Weather" to visualize what kind of animal you will be and what you will do during the storm. Will you be a bear in the woods? A meadowlark on the prairie? Or a frog on a stream bank? Experience a storm through another animal’s eyes!

Family Fun:
Make a rain shaker and create a storm of your own! http://www.greenhour.org/content/activity/detail/8239#make

Book List
Grades PreK-2

Barrett, J. and R. Barrett. 1978. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Simon & Schuster.
Barrett, J. and R. Barrett. 1997. Pickles to Pittsburgh: A Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Simon & Schuster.
Branley, F.M. and J.G. Hale. 1997. Down Comes the Rain. HarperCollins Publishers.
DePaola, T. 1985. The Cloud Book. Holiday House, Inc.
DeWitt, L. and C. Croll. 1993. What Will the Weather Be? HarperCollins Publishers.
DK Publishing, Inc. 2004. Weather (Eye Wonder Series). DK Publishing, Inc.
Frost, H. 2004. Weather: Fog. Coughlan Publishing.
Frost, H. 2004. Weather: Ice. Coughlan Publishing.
Frost, H. 2004. Weather: Snow. Pebble Books.
Frost, H. 2004. Weather: Wind. Coughlan Publishing.
Gibbons, G. 1993. Weather Forecasting. Simon & Schuster.
Gibbons, G. 1992. Weather Words and What They Mean. Holiday House, Inc.
Locker, T. 2003. Cloud Dance. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Martin, J.B. and M. Azarian. 1998. Snowflake Bentley. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
National Geographic Society, R. Cremins, and T.B. Griswold. 2001. My First Pocket Guide: Weather. National Geographic Society.
Pinwheel, and J. Moon. 2008. What’s the Weather? Scholastic, Inc.
Polacco, P. 1997. Thunder Cake. Penguin Group (USA).
Rabe, T. and A. Ruiz. 2004. Oh, Say, Can You Say, What’s the Weather Today?: All About Weather. Random House.
Rockwell, A. and F. Lessac. 2008. Clouds (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science Series). HarperCollins Publishers.
Rylant, C. and L. Stringer. 2008. Snow. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Simon, S. 2006. Weather. HarperCollins Publishers.
Singer, M. and F. Lessac. 2002. On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World’s Weather. HarperCollins Publishers.
White, N., et al. Magic School Bus Kicks up a Storm: A Book About Weather. Scholastic, Inc.

Grades 3-5
Barrett, J. and R. Barrett. 1978. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Simon & Schuster.
Barrett, J. and R. Barrett. 1997. Pickles to Pittsburgh: A Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Simon & Schuster.
Berger, M., G. Berger, and R. Sullivan. 1999. Can it Rain Cats and Dogs?: Questions & Answers about Weather. Scholastic, Inc.
Branley, F.M. and J.G. Hale. 1997. Down Comes the Rain. HarperCollins Publishers.
Breen, M., K. Friestad and M.P. Kline. 2000. The Kids’ Book of Weather Forecasting: Build a Weather Station, “Read” the Sky & Make Predictions! Ideals Publications.
Capeci, A., J. Stamper, and H. Gangloff. Electric Storm (Magic School Bus #14). Scholastic, Inc.
Chanko, P. and D. Moreton. 1997. Weather. Scholastic, Inc.
Cole, J., C. Bracken, and B. Degen. 2006. Lost in the Snow (Magic School Bus Series). Scholastic, Inc.
Cosgrove, B. 2007. Eyewitness Weather. DK Publishing, Inc.
DePaola, T. 1985. The Cloud Book. Holiday House, Inc.
DeWitt, L. and C. Croll. 1993. What Will the Weather Be? HarperCollins Publishers.
Dickstein, L. and Editors of Time For Kids. 2006. Time for Kids: Storms! HarperCollins Publishers.
DK Publishing, Inc. 2004. Weather (Eye Wonder Series). DK Publishing, Inc.
Gibbons, G. 1993. Weather Forecasting. Simon & Schuster.
Gibbons, G. 1992. Weather Words and What They Mean. Holiday House, Inc.
Locker, T. 2003. Cloud Dance. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Martin, J.B. and M. Azarian. 1998. Snowflake Bentley. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Nankin, F. and G.A. England. 1998. Wonders of Weather (Eyes on Nature Series). Kids Books, Inc.
National Geographic Society, R. Cremins, and T.B. Griswold. 2001. My First Pocket Guide: Weather. National Geographic Society.
Polacco, P. 1997. Thunder Cake. Penguin Group (USA).
Rupp, R., M. Sweet, and D. Nap. 2003. Weather. Storey Kids.
Rylant, C. and L. Stringer. 2008. Snow. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Simon, S. 2006. Lightning. HarperCollins Publishers.
Simon, S. 1992. Storms. HarperCollins Publishers.
Simon, S. 2006. Weather. HarperCollins Publishers.
Singer, M. and F. Lessac. 2002. On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World’s Weather. HarperCollins Publishers.
Spilsbury, R. and L.A. Spilsbury. 2006. Weather. Chelsea House.
Wallace, K. 1999. DK Readers: Whatever the Weather (Level 1: Beginning to Read). DK Publishing, Inc.
White, N., et al. Magic School Bus Kicks up a Storm: A Book About Weather. Scholastic, Inc.

Grades 6-8
Breen, M., K. Friestad and M.P. Kline. 2000. The Kids’ Book of Weather Forecasting: Build a Weather Station, “Read” the Sky & Make Predictions! Ideals Publications.
Challoner, J. 2004. Hurricane and Tornado (Eyewitness Books Series). DK Publishing.
Cosgrove, B. 2007. Eyewitness Weather. DK Publishing, Inc.
Juettner, B. 2004. Weather. Cengage Gale.
Nankin, F. and G.A. England. 1998. Wonders of Weather (Eyes on Nature Series). Kids Books, Inc.
Parker, J. 2008. Weather. Weigl Publishers.
Rupp, R., M. Sweet, and D. Nap. 2003. Weather. Storey Kids.
Spilsbury, R. and L.A. Spilsbury. 2006. Weather. Chelsea House.

Grades 9-12
Ahrens, C.D. 2008. Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment. Cengage Learning.
Bologna, J. and C.K. Passante. 2006. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Extreme Weather. Penguin Group (USA).
Challoner, J. 2004. Hurricane and Tornado (Eyewitness Books Series). DK Publishing.
Cosgrove, B. 2007. Eyewitness Weather. DK Publishing, Inc.
Juettner, B. 2004. Weather. Cengage Gale.
Ludlum, D.M. 1991. The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Parker, J. 2008. Weather. Weigl Publishers.
Williams, J., et al. 2009. The AMS Weather Book: The Ultimate Guide to America’s Weather. University of Chicago Press.