Understanding Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms either excite people or scare them entirely. This article provides information on cloud formation and types of thunderstorms and how they develop in different stages. The autho... See More

Thunderstorms either excite people or scare them entirely. This article provides information on cloud formation and types of thunderstorms and how they develop in different stages. The author provides multiple hands-on experiments for students to make sense of thunderstorms and understand what conditions will result in different types of storms. Each demonstration is relatively inexpensive to engage students with a visual representation and with each demonstration, students are able to apply what they learned and relate it to real-world experiences by understanding cloud formation and natural processes that create thunderstorms.

Clear and Instructive Demonstrations

This short and informative article provides several simple demonstrations to illustrate the complicated processes behind thunderstorms. The author describes the formation of thunderstorms an... See More

This short and informative article provides several simple demonstrations to illustrate the complicated processes behind thunderstorms. The author describes the formation of thunderstorms and, with every step, gives the procedure, materials, and content connections for a classroom demonstration for that step. The demonstrations are simple and clear, and would help the students understand the interactions between warm and cool air, moisture, and electricity that form the dangerous storms.