Most of these educational activities require some form of informational/educational reading:
Riding The Winds With Kalani – a service of University of Illinois Extension
This is an on-line interactive game in four languages. It is an adventure with Kalani, a weather balloon, as she explores how the sun helps to make the weather, including wind! This activity is appropriate for grades k-3.
POWERUP – A game available to download
The PowerUp game charges players with saving the imaginary planet Helios from ecological destruction by carrying out missions to supply solar, wind, and water power before severe storms wreak havoc. Students learn engineering and science principles by building solar towers or searching junkyards for parts to repair wind turbines. Save the planet Helios and be a hero! This is a game for upper elementary and middle school aged children.
Weather Wizard – brought to you by National Geographic
The PowerUp game charges players with saving the imaginary planet Helios from ecological destruction by carrying out missions to supply solar, wind, and water power before severe storms wreak havoc. Students learn engineering and science principles by building solar towers or searching junkyards for parts to repair wind turbines. Save the planet Helios and be a hero! This is a game for upper elementary and middle school aged children.
Weather Wizard – brought to you by National Geographic
This weather game puts you in the driver's seat of a storm chase vehicle. As you answer a series of questions about tornadoes, you drive closer and closer to a tornado that has been spotted on the ground. Every correct question brings you 10 miles closer to the tornado!
Weather Flash – brought to you by Power to Learn
This weather game makes you the forecaster. As you listen to Stan the Weatherman, you have to match the weather map with the forecast he gives. With rules and hints to help along the way, you have to be quick and get six forecasts correct to win. Just read the forecast and drag the correct items over to the weather map.
*note: you must download Shockwave Player in order to access this game. This is something I have not yet done so please use caution and notify me if you discover any problems!
Create-a-Cane hurricane game - brought to you by NOAA.gov
This online activity will allow you to simulate hurricane force winds. See how a palm tree bends and sways in different scale winds! Also, assist readers in interpreting this interactive graph and timeline of 150 years of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico!
This weather game makes you the forecaster. As you listen to Stan the Weatherman, you have to match the weather map with the forecast he gives. With rules and hints to help along the way, you have to be quick and get six forecasts correct to win. Just read the forecast and drag the correct items over to the weather map.
*note: you must download Shockwave Player in order to access this game. This is something I have not yet done so please use caution and notify me if you discover any problems!
Create-a-Cane hurricane game - brought to you by NOAA.gov
An interactive online lesson for all ages is the Create-A-Cane lab where you choose the wind speed, latitude, and moisture levels to create a tropical storm or cyclone.
Hurricane simulation – brought to you by npr.orgThis online activity will allow you to simulate hurricane force winds. See how a palm tree bends and sways in different scale winds! Also, assist readers in interpreting this interactive graph and timeline of 150 years of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico!
