Rain, wind, sunshine, snow, thunder, lightning, floods, and tornados – weather is a beautiful, exciting, and sometimes dangerous part of our world. Weather is the condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. Many different factors make up weather. Some conditions of the atmosphere that can be measured are temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and moisture.
In this section, you will learn more about weather, the objects that help predict weather, and the effects of weather. You will learn how the location of thermometers affects their readings. You will create lightning. And you will even use a cricket as a weather forecaster.