Students, in groups, investigate and demonstrate the science behind the development of lightning and thunderstorms.

Students identify the different professions that are related to electricity.  In this professions lesson students write a story about performing one of these jobs and share it with the class.

In this thunderstorm worksheet, students read about thunder and lightning and the forces behind both. They also read about the timing difference between thunder and lightning. Students answer three critical thinking questions about...

Students create lightning with two common objects and observe the colorful "discharge" of electrons on a smaller scale. By exploring the phenomena of static electricity, students relate their knowledge to the real-life weather phenomena...

Third graders decide what they want to explore lightning, how to go about finding the answers, and deciding what skills they need to further study some of their questions.

Students investigate how lightning is produced and ways they can keep themselves safe during a lightning storm. After a lecture/demo, students use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to reinforce the concepts taught.