Meteorology Activities and Links
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If you come across an excellent resource, let us know at hello@harborandsprout.com so we can add it to the list!National Weather Service: https://www.weather.gov/
Weather Underground: https://www.weather.gov/
NOAA: https://www.noaa.gov/
Meteorology Projects from Science Buddies: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-projects/weather-atmosphere
Introduction to Meteorology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY_2U0YShpU
Layers of the Atmosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9mbrAVRPSU
Layers of the Atmosphere/Aviation Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTor8Z9NluY
What is the Ozone Layer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX8P61dBSfM
Weather Forecast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0S8VpU3bTY
Climate Science: What you Need to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffjIyms1BX4
NASA EDGE: NOAA's Research Meteorologist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdINHrggsag
The Incredible Logistics Behind Weather Forecasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Xx0E8cs7U
How are Weather Forecasts Made?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdErsR8_NaU
How do Meteorologists Predict the Weather?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvWzPamEr4c
What is Forecasting?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Kiwv9gDJU
Forecasting Methods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp-1_9mLlbc
Uncovering, the World Meteorological Organization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ilo-9flhSo
Why Knowing the Difference Between a Warning, a Watch, and an Advisory is Crucial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x601Jhibqoc
El Nino and La Nina Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVlfyhs64IY
The Future of Weather Forecasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acjftfuqHFA
NatGeo The Future of Weather Forecasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJkOPLJhKDU
Weather 101: A Brief History of Meteorology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1GIanRYb0Y
The History of Weather Prediction & Meteorology Full Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhaHplIN6uw
The History of Meteorology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCxO6yWvNXA
The Origins of Meteorology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEhal4iCfSI
The Philosophical Thought of Wang Chung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDXl2tNv0mY
Biography of Varāhamihira: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywT1XsnM8-Y&t=2s
Al-Kindi, Medieval Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/live/2WLUe8BbIU0
Life of al-Dīnawarī: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeGJzB-Ab8w
Cheugugi from Korea: The first rain gauge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELVIXJiHBD4
Galileo Galilei Thermoscope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeSlFxOHW6A
The History of the Barometer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkDhlzA-lwI
Vilhelm Bjerknes Biography-Norwegian Meteorologist -Found The Modern Practice of Weather Forecasting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt_PiYcv_FU&t=37s
Lewis Fry Richardson and the Forecast Factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOjbPqWfka0
Doppler Weather Radar Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrNNb4wHDMg
Making a Weather Forecast with a GOES-R Satellite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZp7t_DPhWI
What are Weather Fronts, Extratropical Cyclones, and Synoptic Meteorology?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWF_4ZKBMEg
John Von Neumann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OecToZ23UtI
Weather Educational: What is Ensemble Forecasting?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LTSsQPkVT4
The Water Cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFjI6y46QRk&t=7s
What is Haze in Weather?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxTL3v0osGY
What are Clouds and How do They Form? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZEETyzql0Q
Hygroscopic Nuclei: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbjvRNQgXcg
Condensation Nuclei Aerosols: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6B3YMzPu2c
Relative Humidity isn’t What you Think it Is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB3Yyq4xy_Y
Weather 101: A Tutorial on Cloud Types: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMagDRCpJ14
What are the Different Types of Clouds?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIkEMBiT6hQ
How to Predict the Weather by Looking at Clouds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I00vcHLJXCc
Weather 101: A Tutorial on Clouds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMagDRCpJ14
What is Climatology?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9_k6vZypoY
Greek and Roman Meteorology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6DDYNTwig
Regional Climates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9muG72XZ18
Intro to Dendrochronology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRUAIitg1xw
NatGeo: Climate 101: Ozone Depletion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU6pxSNDPhs
Paremiography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq6Wvjd7-qo
Folklore Weather Sayings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc4qy9FZJOE
Do you Know your Weather Proverbs?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C54kA_OZiK0
Cricket Chirp Converter (Not a video): https://www.weather.gov/epz/wxcalc_cricketconvert
Fact or Fiction: Can Spiders Predict the Weather?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7PYp8NdGsE
Music’s Power Over Your Brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAafVviGxhk&t=192s
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA
Nigel Kennedy Plays Spring: https://youtu.be/jDXBnS8mZ0E
Spring, Recomposed by Max Richter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLDvbnK_Sqk&t=3s
Summer “battle” by Salut Salon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zxp1fNYl8U
Vanessa Mae, “Storm”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdFrn89x74k
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Summer Theme Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5jZ4fZTwGI
Vivaldi Winter, Ray Chen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz1e6jLYVVE
How Artists Are Using Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxh-5EXXGaM
Art + Technology (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJvTd7uYXes
Art Through Tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJvTd7uYXes
NatGeo Tech + Art Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_j43uhliEI&list=PLivjPDlt6ApTn7U5xM1N6A2gRNDmm7GCd
The Meow Wolf Experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWFG9pRpDTA
The Mathematics of Meteorology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I60_JGp5_w&t=9s
Maths and Our Planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqNQDyS5r58
Calculating Heat Index: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0PnvZ2RkUU
Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit and Vice Versa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFTDofic0Ek
Quasigeostraphic Omega Equation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX9LCdliNTg
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
Stories in the Clouds by Joan Marie Galat
The Weather Book by Eric Sloane
The Secret World of Weather: A must-have for all nature lovers by Tristan Gooley
Weather Lore by Richard Inwards
What We Know about Climate Change by Kerry Emanuel
The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast by Andrew Blum
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger