Weather and climate data and resources to support schools making their own observations.

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  borrow an instrument
  

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  Top 10 ideas for weather fieldwork
  

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  Automatic weather stations
  

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  Weather Observations Website (WOW)
  

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  Met Office data (past UK)
  

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  Cloud Wheel
  
  

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  cloud key
  
  

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  Does rain come from dark clouds?
  

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  NCAR Cloud viewer
  
  

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  Cloud Puzzle
  
  

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  Guide to launching weather balloons
  

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  Weather observing
  
  

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  Guide to observing
  
  

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  Will it Snow?
  
  

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  Measure the weather
  
  

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  fieldwork
  

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  Old Weather Project
  

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  Beaufort Scale
  

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  experiments & demos
  

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  Weather for Schools
  

Other Useful Links

• Investigating weather through fieldwork from Teaching Geography, 2013
• Met Office Weather Observations Website (WOW) – anyone can submit their UK weather observations, or see the observations submitted by others.
• Met Office Design and Technology resources to build your own weather station: Anemometer Project – Student version,

  Rain Gauge Project – Student version,

  Thermometer Project – Student version and

  Thermometer Project – Teacher Example

• Help and hints for weather observing.
• Projects based on using weather stations & instruments.
• Simple Weather Measurements and how to make them
• More advanced information for observers from the RMetS site
• Converting Units
• Other useful sources of climate data, weather data and satellite images
• Ideas for science, environment or weather clubs .
• The OPAL cloud chart
• Where to purchase a weather tree for recording daily weather observations through a year with a supporting article from Weather magazine.