WHYY Online- Franklin Facts March 27, 2000
Description	Franklin Facts, a segment on weather and science topics, hosted by Franklin Institute chief meteorologist Dr. Jon Nese, is seen each Monday through Thursday on WHYY Delaware Tonight. Nese's segments offer one minute of interesting facts on subjects such as beach erosion, hurricanes and the moon's effect on tides. On March 27, 2000 Dr. Nese focuses on tornadoes, how many and when.
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Type	Reference
Grade Level	all

WHYY Online- Franklin Facts March 29, 2000
Description	Franklin Facts, a segment on weather and science topics, hosted by Franklin Institute chief meteorologist Dr. Jon Nese, is seen each Monday through Thursday on WHYY Delaware Tonight. Nese's segments offer one minute of interesting facts on subjects such as beach erosion, hurricanes and the moon's effect on tides. On March 29, 2000 Dr. Nese focuses on the definition of severe thunderstorm.
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Type	Reference
Grade Level	all

Stir Up a Hurricane
Description	Hurricanes are huge circular storms of wind, clouds, and rain that form over warm tropical oceans. The clouds in a hurricane can be seen as circular bands that spiral around a hurricane's eye. You can duplicate the swirling motion around the calm eye of a hurricane. Find out how in this National Geographic WORLD Try This! activity.
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Type	Activity
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, kindergarten

The Perfect Storm
Description	The terror begins with a gentle swell and a certain feeling in the air. For ships, the best advice is to bear away with all speed. But sometimes a storm at sea is like an excited mother hen, rushing up with wings flapping, sweeping into her heaving breast everything in her path. Leaving may not be an option. Read about storms at sea in this National Geographic Eye in the Sky News article.
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Type	Secondary source
Grade Level	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Hot Air Over Hot Water
Description	Learn about the relationship between hot air and hot water.
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Type	Activity
Grade Level	4, 5, 6, 7, 8

WHYY Online- Franklin Facts April 4, 2000
Description	Franklin Facts, a segment on weather and science topics, hosted by Franklin Institute chief meteorologist Dr. Jon Nese, is seen each Monday through Thursday on WHYY Delaware Tonight. Nese's segments offer one minute of interesting facts on subjects such as beach erosion, hurricanes and the moon's effect on tides. On April 4, 2000 Dr. Nese focuses on the hazards of thunderstorms: lightning.
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Type	Reference
Grade Level	all

WHYY Online- Franklin Facts March 28, 2000
Description	Franklin Facts, a segment on weather and science topics, hosted by Franklin Institute chief meteorologist Dr. Jon Nese, is seen each Monday through Thursday on WHYY Delaware Tonight. Nese's segments offer one minute of interesting facts on subjects such as beach erosion, hurricanes and the moon's effect on tides. On March 28, 2000 Dr. Nese focuses on the possibility of more frequent tornadoes.
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Type	Reference
Grade Level	all

Spotting Tornadoes From Space
Description	This feature, part of the NASA KIDS site, describes the need for an instrument that will be better at predicting tornadoes. During last year's tornadoes in Oklahoma, a NASA satellite called the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM ) looked at six of the supercell storms, but it only got to watch for about 90 seconds, because it was traveling so fast. What scientists want now is to watch thunderstorms from a satellite that stays over the same spot on the ground.
Medium	image/gif, image/jpeg, text/HTML
Type	Secondary source
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, kindergarten

Franklin's Forecast
Description	With "Franklin's Forecast," you can build your own weather station, learn about today's sophisticated weather technologies, and check the weather right now.
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Type	Collection
Grade Level	4, 5, 6, 7, 8