Web Quest
Environmental Sciences - Contains over 300 topics about the environment. The major topics include the earth’s water, air pollution, acid rain, global warming and climate:
http://www.enviropedia.org.uk/index.php
Weather and Climate Websites
El Niño
- El Niño: Research, Forecasts and Observations - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s role in studying, predicting and explaining the El Niño Southern Oscillation phenomenon: http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/
- What is an El Niño Anyway? - Description of El Niño from the Climate Research Division of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California: http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/elnino/whatis.html
Hurricanes
- Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory – Includes facts about hurricanes, information about the current Atlantic hurricane season, storm shutters, current weather, hurricane awareness, etc: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A5.html
- FEMA for Kids: Hurricanes - Contains information, names, quizzes, and activities about hurricanes: http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm
Ocean Currents
- Ocean Currents and Climate – Contains information and graphics related to surface currents and deep water currents: http://earth.usc.edu/~stott/Catalina/Oceans.html
- Office of Naval Research's Science and Technology Focus Site-The research on this website is the foundation for the technologies and equipment our sailors and marines use everyday. It contains an informative section on oceanography: http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/currents1.htm
Tornados
- The Tornado Project Online! - The Tornado Project is a small company that researches, compiles and makes tornado information available to tornado and severe weather enthusiasts, the public, the meteorological community and emergency management officials: http://www.tornadoproject.com/
- Tornados...Nature’s Most Violent Storms - NOAA NWS, FEMA, and American Red Cross tornado safety and tornado preparedness guide: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/tornadoguide.html
