Live From the Storm at Charleston Middle School



Student Activities

Hands-on Meteorology

Activity 3.5: Sizing Up a Storm

Midwest Wild Weather

CMS at AT&T Tech 2000

Eighth grade science students at Charleston Middle School in Charleston, Illinois are active participants in the Passport to Knowledge project Live From the Storm. During this exciting event they are collaborating with students and scientists from across the country in learning about heavy weather and about the men and women who brave the elements in order to better understand weather and climate.

To access images of students, lesson plans, or samples of project results, click under Student Activities.




Hurricane Floyd, 1999
NIH Image - False Colored


Tri-State Tornado Damage, 1925 Murphysboro, IL (Credit NOAA)

 

Real-time Weather Maps and Data

The DataStreme Project

Intellicast

USA Today Weather Page

The Weather Channel Online

Storm Prediction Center

Click for Charleston, Illinois Forecast
Click for forecasts

 

Weather Events and Sites of Interest

1925 Tri-State Tornado Links 1 2 3

Weatherwise Online Magazine

Lightning Injury Page

National Severe Storms Lab

Doppler Radar Images of the
Oklahoma City Tornado

Ligtning

 



 

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Storm Man drawing by Mandy Buell, 8th Grade