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USA Today’s Weather Basics

USA Today’s Weather Basics

Launch Tool

This page consists of links to USATODAY.com graphics and photo scrapbooks with captions explaining the photos. These resources will help you understand weather, climate, and some other earth science topics. Most of the links are to interactive graphics such as where different air masses form; how global warming could raise sea levels; why lakes freeze from the top down; the life stages of a typical hurricane; how lightning creates thunder; the formation of hail; and more.


For Educators

Consult this page to find examples of weather or earth science topics that you are teaching. The animations and models will help your students visualize the concepts and develop understandings of phenomena that they might not be able to observe firsthand.

Animated guide: Hurricanes
3-8 | Website
Biomes of the World
K-8 | Website
Break It Down
3-8 | Interactive
Discover Engineering
3-8 | Website
GeoHunter
6-8 | Interactive

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