Boat Safe Kids: How to Spot a Storm - http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/weather1.htm  Excellent description of clouds and what they mean

Cybersleuth: Thunderstorms -
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Weather/Thunderstorms/index1.htm  Lots of links to go deeper and deeper in research

Educational Central - http://www.educationcentral.org/stormy/main.htm  Excellent unit for gr. 3 and up.

Kidstorm - http://skydiary.com/kids/  Great descriptions of all types of storms

Lightening - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/ National Geographic Kids - Uses multimedia to help teach concepts.

Lightening and Storms - http://www.chaseday.com/lightning.htm  Beautiful photos of lightening.

National Severe Storms Lab - http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/  Great for gr. 3 and up research; includes mapping symbols and weather explanations

Not Just for Kids: Whirling Winds - http://users.safeaccess.com/olsen/njfkwind.html  Gives great definitions for the types of wind (light breeze, moderate gale…)

Severe Storms - http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/home.rxml  Did you know there are 4 types of thunderstorms? Interesting!

Sounds of Thunder - http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceMDThunderstormSimulation3.htm A fun game where students make the sounds of a thunderstorm (Margo has done this with her students...they love it)

Storm - http://www.wcmsolutions.com/products/thestorm/index.html  Simulation of a storm with adjustable controls for audio and severity of storm.

Carol's Favorite - 2005

Storms and More - http://www.thesolutionsite.com/lpnew_bin/UI_Metadata/public/19604  For gr. 4, but could be adapted.

Thunderstorm: A Project - http://www.jmadden.info/eZedia_ThunderStorm.htm  Excellent ways to extend learning; photos, audio files of storms/thunder; web links

Thunderstorms: with loads of websites
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/samthundersba.html   Excellent source of web based learning

Thunderstorms and Tornadoes - http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/thunderhome.html  Diagrams and explanations; experiments.

Weather Gone Wild - http://library.thinkquest.org/5818/  Good section on Thunderstorms; definition, causes

Weather Wiz Kids: Lightening - http://www.weatherwizkids.com/lightning1.htm  Great explanations and animated diagrams; experiments

Wet, Wild and Windy - http://www.thesolutionsite.com/lpnew_bin/UI_Metadata/public/17101  study of weather including: clouds, tornadoes, hurricanes, wind, thunderstorms, and weather related careers.

Windows to the Universe: Thunderstorms - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/earth/Atmosphere/tstorm.html  Photos, information