Lesson Plans
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Education and Outreach Program creates basic science lessons related to weather and climate for K-12th grade. ARM Education strives to make lessons that are relevant to the needs of the schools in the communities where ARM has its sites, the Southern Great Plains (SGP) of the United States, the Tropical Western Pacific (TWP), and the North Slope of Alaska (NSA). However, almost all of these lessons are useful for students anywhere. To learn more about the ARM Program, click to see a short presentation (.mov).
Additional classroom materials are available at Just for Fun, including an activity book full of Climate, Coloring, Crosswords... and Other Fun Stuff!
At the teacher workshop at Barrow High School, the teachers took part in an Arctic Microclimates Lesson and Activity. The teachers, shown here, are taking temperatures of different microclimates.
Getting Started
Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans for Specific Grade Levels
- Grades 3-6 Water Cycle; Cloud Formation; Precipitation Patterns; and Air Pressure
- Grades 7-9 Introduction to Wind; Wind, Moving Water, and Waves; Observing Wind Speed and Cloudiness
- Grades 10-12 Introduction to Solar Radiation; Effect of Solar Radiation on Land and Ice
Background Information
- General Background Information
- Online Meteorology Guide
- Geophysical Focus Areas
- Global Temperature Record
- Using Visualization Tools to Study the Atmosphere: The ARM Program
Tools
- Heat Index Calculator
- Relative Humidity Calculator
- Temperature Conversions Calculator
- Wind Chill Calculator
