Kids and Teens, School Time, Science, The Earth, The Atmosphere

The Atmosphere

8 Sites in The Atmosphere

Atmospheric Structure

Explains the thermal structure of the Earth's atmosphere.

https://www.meted.ucar.edu/loginForm.php?urlPath=hao/aurora
Climate

An introduction to climate. Explains the difference between weather and climate.

http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/climate/
Geography4Kids.com: Atmosphere

Looks at the different levels of the atmosphere, how it moves, and how it's changing.

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/atm_intro.html
Layers of the Earth's Atmosphere

Tells the names of the levels of the atmosphere, and how come they're there.

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/layers.html&edu=elem
The Atmosphere

Looks at different parts of the atmosphere, and has information on what makes up the atmosphere.

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/atmosphere.html
The Earth's Atmosphere

Describes the composition and layers of the atmosphere.

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/earth/atmosphere.html
Weather Summary

Learn about weather patterns and discover how our climate is changing. Try your hand at being a storm chaser in a hands-on Web activity.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/weather/
What is Weather?

Explains the difference between climate and weather.

http://www.econet.org.uk/weather/whatis.html

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