Thunderstorm+Resources

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 * ====**__Thunderstorms __**==== || **Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * Read about the three things needed to form a thunderstorm. Learn what time of year thunderstorms are most common. Find out what the term severe thunderstorm watch means. ||
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 * **__Severe Thunderstorms __** || **Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * Find out how thunderstorms form and how meteorologists are able to forecast thunderstorms. Learn the difference between air mass thunderstorms and frontal thunderstorms. ||
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 * **__Thunderstorms __** || **Grade Level: 3-5 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * What causes a thunderstorm? Learn about the tornados, hail, and floods that can result from thunderstorms. Study the stages of the cycle of thunderstorm formation. Investigate the different types of thunderstorms and thunderstorm safety. Discover the connection between lightning and thunder. ||
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 * **__Thunderstorm Hazards -- Damaging Wind __** || **Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The online weather school from the National Weather Service teaches you about the different types of damaging winds that can happen during a thunderstorm. See an illustration and read an explanation of the characteristics of downbursts. Other damaging wind conditions described are macrobursts, mircrobursts, heat bursts and derechos. ||
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 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The online weather school from the National Weather Service teaches you about the different types of damaging winds that can happen during a thunderstorm. See an illustration and read an explanation of the characteristics of downbursts. Other damaging wind conditions described are macrobursts, mircrobursts, heat bursts and derechos. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">About Lightning __** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Understand lightning and how it works with information found at the National Severe Storms Laboratory web site. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Severe Storms __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This slide show will introduce you to different types of severe storms. See grass that is white with hail. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Severe Weather __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">find out about different types of severe weather and to see which types are the deadliest. Look at the life cycle of a thunderstorm and discover how a thunderstorm is classified. ||
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