MetEd: Meteorology Education and Training. Operated by the COMET Program

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Climate Change: Fitting the Pieces Together
(High School/Undergraduate)
This course discusses climate change, particularly as it is currently being affected by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases emitted by human activities. It also covers signs of climate change, how scientists study climate, the current thinking on future changes, and what can be done to minimize the effects. The "Resources" section (accessed from the initial page) provides links to images used in the module, an extensive list of references, and a Powerpoint presentation that can be downloaded.

Weather and Health
(High School/Undergraduate)
This module, designed for broadcast meteorologists, but useful for others as well, will broaden your understanding of the impacts of weather and climate on public health, including the impacts of heat waves and cold temperatures, winter storms and thunderstorms, flooding, drought, poor air quality, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfire, UV radiation, and others.

Weather and the Built Environment
(High School/Undergraduate)
This short course provides broadcast meteorologists, educators, and the public with an overview of the evolution of our modern urban environment with a focus on impacts on the urban watershed, air quality, and climate. This course complements the course Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environment and both are part of the Earth Gauge environmental curriculum for weathercasters and educators. [see http://www.earthgauge.net/wp/]

Understanding the Hydrologic Cycle
(High School/Undergraduate)
This module helps students gain a basic understanding of the elements of the hydrologic cycle. Making use of illustrations, animations, and interactions, this module examines the basic concepts of the hydrologic cycle including water distribution, atmospheric water, surface water, groundwater, and snowpack/snowmelt.

Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environment
(High School/Undergraduate)
This short course, developed for broadcast meteorologists, introduces watersheds as our environmental home. The materials will help develop an understanding of the relationship between the weather and the health and protection of the environment.

Wave Types and Characteristics
(High School/Undergraduate)
This module is an introduction to waves and their associated characteristics. Several types of waves are presented, from the common wind wave to the rare tsunami wave. Graphics, 3-D animations, and video demonstrate the basic physical, mathematical, and statistical traits of waves. Audio narration is provided throughout the module with important points highlighted by text. Several questions are included along the way to help reinforce the lessons.

Hurricane Strike!
(Middle School)
Help the Castillo family as they prepare for the potential of a hurricane strike in their home town in the eastern U.S. In this highly interactive, multimedia learning package you will learn about the science and safety issues of hurricanes. Activities include Aim-a-Hurricane, in which you learn what determines the hurricane path, and Create-a-Cane, in which you combine the ingredients necessary for hurricane formation.

Introduction to Fire Behavior
(High School/Undergraduate)
This site provides an overview of factors that affect the ignition and spread of wildfires. Information is presented with 3-dimensional graphics and animations as well as audio descriptions and commentary provided by a fire behavior expert. You don't need an extensive background in fire science or weather forecasting to learn from this site.

Remote Sensing Using Satellites
(High School/Undergraduate)
This Website was developed to support an introductory earth or atmospheric science course. Its goal is to help you better understand weather information by providing dynamic graphics, animations, and science content about remote sensing, satellite imagery, and hurricanes. As part of the module, you will apply what you've learned by exploring recent hurricanes through satellite imagery.

Anticipating Hazardous Weather
(High School/Undergraduate)
Hazardous weather affects us all. The purpose of this Web-based course is to provide background on weather and weather hazards for emergency managers and other decision makers, but it is also informative for a general audience. The course will allow you to recognize potentially hazardous weather and flooding situations and how they may affect your community, and help you become more familiar with weather forecast products.

Community Hurricane Preparedness
(High School/Undergraduate)
The purpose of this computer-based course is to provide basic information about how hurricanes form, the hazards they pose, how the NWS forecasts future hurricane behavior, and what tools and guiding principles help emergency managers prepare their communities. While it is designed for emergency managers and government decision makers, it is also appropriate for a general audience interested in hurricane science and safety.

Urban Flooding: It Can Happen in a Flash!
(High School/Undergraduate)
This module features an audio and visual tour of sites affected by the Fort Collins, Colorado urban flood that occurred on 28 July 1997. It also includes eyewitness accounts of that night's events. This interactive virtual field trip summarizes many of the important aspects of flash floods occurring in urban environments.