IQ Weather

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Weather affects everyone, and it affects everything we do! By studying the weather, we gain a bit of control over our lives. Because it is observable and measurable, the weather is a great way to engage your child in an investigative learning approach. Weather's capacity to be potentially dangerous and often dramatic is why children love learning about it.

IQ Weather has made studying weather easy with its complete, ready-to-use, online video-based course. Featuring 20 short professionally-produced video lessons, IQ Weather enables younger children to learn how the weather influences their everyday activities, including their mode of transportation, dress, play, and even the plants, bugs, and birds they will find in their local playground.

For the older child, IQ Weather's lesson plans, with discussion questions and teacher's guides with occasional teaching tips, will make instruction effortless for you. There are even links to additional reading material and resources that are optional but intriguing for your pre-meteorologist. Interviews with professionals and storm chasers add breadth to this universally appealing science study. The IQ Weather learning resources can be downloaded or printed, and detailed answers and explanations are provided. Their online quizzes will display your child's results immediately, and he is allowed to retake the quizzes if he desires.

IQ Weather can stand alone as a science unit study on weather or as a supplement to other earth science courses. A handful of experiments are suggested, but busy homeschool parents may find that watching and discussing the videos of the experiments is a superior decision. However, if you have the time and inclination, PDF instructions are included.

Study the weather with IQ Weather, and your family will never look at clouds the same again! IQ Weather: A Sample Lesson

Introducing: IQ Weather

IQ Weather: Jamie's Testimonial

Lesson 1 - Weather Versus Climate
Why do people need to understand weather and climate, and what difference is there between the two?
Lesson 2 - The Atmosphere and the Weather Machine!
Why is earth’s weather different than other planets’ weather?
What makes this planet tick? There is more to Earth’s atmosphere than meets the eye!
Lesson 3 - Why Study Weather
What difference does the weather make to you?
Lesson 4 - Air & Wind
What makes the wind blow?
Lesson 5 – Seasons
Why do seasons change more in some parts of the world than others?
Lesson 6 – Clouds
Why are clouds important, and what can they tell us about the weather?
Lesson 7 - Unique Clouds
What makes nacreous, noctilucent, or lenticularis clouds different from others?
Lesson 8 – Precipitation
How much water falls from the sky during a storm?
Lesson 9 – Storms
What are some clues that indicate whether a storm will be severe?
Lesson 10 – Tornadoes
What are the weather “ingredients” that make a tornado possible?
Lesson 11 - Storm Chaser Interview
Why do storm chasers pursue storms and tornadoes?
Lesson 12 – Radar
How accurate is radar information, and what are the limits of radar data?
Lesson 13 - Tropical Weather
Why do hurricanes form in the tropics and not in other areas?
Lesson 14 - Oceans and Weather
Why does it matter that ice floats, and what impact would it have if all the ice in the oceans melted?
Lesson 15 - Winter Weather/Blizzards
Why are some snowfalls heavy and wet, and others light, dry and fluffy?
Lesson 16 - Aviation Weather
What weather situations do pilots try to avoid the most?
Bonus Lesson – Aviation Weather for Helicopters
Lesson 17 - Weather Tech
How far out into the future can you rely on weather computer models?
Lesson 18 - Solar/Space Weather
Do changes in the sun or outer space have any impact on our weather or climate?
Lesson 19 - Field Trip: NWS
How high do weather balloons travel before bursting, and why are they necessary?
Lesson 20 - TV Weather
How was television weather different before there were computers?
Experiment – Cloud in a Bottle
This experiment coordinates with lesson 9.
Experiment – Hot Versus Cold Air Masses
This experiment coordinates with lesson 6.
Experiment – Hurricane Sea Level
This experiment coordinates with lesson 13.
Experiment – Thermal Expansion
This experiment coordinates with lesson 4.
Experiment – Atmospheric Vapor Pressure
How powerful a force is atmospheric expansion and contraction?
Experiment – Convective Chemical Cloud
How does the sun’s heat help form thunderstorms?
Experiment – Pressure and Condensation
How does air pressure affect the air’s ability to hold moisture?
Experiment – Liquid Nitrogen Cloud
How can liquid nitrogen mimic cloud formation?

Publisher: IQ Learning Center Inc.
Age Recommendation: 10+
Grade Recommendation: 5th+
Faith-based: No