Do you know that snowflakes are different shapes? Find out why some snowflakes have simple shapes and others are more intricate.
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Do you know what the terms 100-year, 500-year, and 1000-year flood actually mean? Watch the video and see if you're right.
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Learn about the polar vortex and the polar jet stream and how we can get particularly chilly winter weather in the mid-latitudes when the air circulating around the North Pole wobbles to the south.
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Discover how a weather front can cause clouds and storms with rain or snow.
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Learn more about ozone pollution and how you can help reduce it.
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Learn how air pressure in the atmosphere causes wind.
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Weather Channel coverage of a winter storm that traveled across much of the U.S. in February 2017.
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Field Trips | After Your Field Trip
A field trip to the NSF NCAR Visitor Center is a fun way for your class, camp, club, or home school groups to learn about weather, the atmosphere, climate, Sun and space weather, and more!