Topics
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Watch out for gust fronts
Fast winds that fall from thunderstorms
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Rainbow Clouds
Cloud iridescence looks amazing
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Rainbow Simulator
See how angles and distances affect your view of rainbows.
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Precipitation Simulator
Can you make it rain, snow, and hail? Try it out!
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What is a polar vortex?
And how does it cause such a freeze?
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What is the Coriolis Effect?
And what does it have to do with hurricanes?
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SciJinks Glossary
Learn a bunch of weather terms!
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What is La Niña?
Learn about this weather pattern.
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Seeing a Solar Eclipse from Space
What do satellites see during a solar eclipse?
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Types of Clouds
Learn about common cloud types and what they can tell us about the weather!
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How to Read a Weather Map
What do those symbols mean for tomorrow’s weather?
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Hi, I'm JPSS!
I’m a high-tech weather satellite that orbits our planet.
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Make lightning with ZAP!
You're an updraft! In this game, build up charges within a storm cloud!
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Keeping an Eye on Volcanic Ash
To an aircraft, a volcanic ash cloud is like a sky full of broken glass.
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SciJinks Wallpapers
Pick a SciJinks image for your desktop!
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SciJinks Calendar
This calendar shares fun weather facts--and it's printable!
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Why is the sky blue?
This may sound like an easy question... it's not!
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Why does the atmosphere not drift off into space?
After all, it is only air. What keeps it here?
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Classroom Activities
PDF versions of our favorite activities!
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The Bad (Weather) Joke Machine
Guess the riddles before the Joke Machine coughs up the answers.
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What is lake effect snow?
Why do areas near big lakes get so much snow?
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Be an Expert Flight Controller
Use satellite sensor data to guide planes around hazards.
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How did Earth's atmosphere form?
Earth is on its third atmosphere! We wouldn't have liked the first two at all!
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What causes lightning and thunder?
What is the source of all the blinding light and earth-shaking sound?
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What's the difference between fog and clouds?
Aren't they the same thing?
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Weather Tricktionary
Are you a weather guru?
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What causes a rainbow?
Learn how to be in the right place at the right time.
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Aurora Australis from the International Space Station
Aurora over the Indian Ocean on September 17, 2011.
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Postcards
Printable postcards to download and display.