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

In this tropopause worksheet, students read about the temperature of the air in the tropopause or the layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth. They answer four critical thinking questions about this layer and the energy changes that...

Explore what generates a jet stream, and discover why they flow from west to east. A link is offered in this site to a helpful animation describing the jet stream process.

Site provides information on the Earth's atmosphere as well as offers additional information about Earth.