Weather

With any BSA Merit Badge, please read the specific Merit Badge booklet for requirements and other helps. they are full of wonderful helps, tips and information specific to the Merit Badge. Most libraries carry books, but please make sure it is has the latest requirements. Please check with U.S. Scouter Service Project or Meritbadge.com for this badges current requirements and don't forget to talk with your counselor before beginning this Merit Badge.

Books:

1001 Questions Answered about The Weather by Frank H. Forrester (Dover, 1981; ISBN 0486242188)*
A Guide to Weather by William J. Burroughs et al.. (Fog City Press, 1996; ISBN 1876778652)*
Air is All Around You by Franklyn M Branley, illustrated by Holly Keller (Harper Trophy, 1962; ISBN 0690045026) KR
Can It Rain Cats and Dogs? (scholastic Question and Answer)
Can it Really Rain Frogs? by Spencer Christian and Antonia Felix (John Wiley, 1997; ISBN 0471152900)
Do Tornadoes Really Twist? (scholastic Question and Answer)
Feel the Wind by Arthur Dorros (HarperCollins, 1989; ISBN 0064450653) KR
Field Guide to Snow Crystals by Edward R LaChapelle (University of Washington Press, 1992; ISBN 094641713)
How The Weather Works by Michael Allaby (Reader's Digest)*
Hurricanes (Kids Discover) June 2002*
Hurricanes by D. M. Souza (Carolrhoda Books, 1996; ISBN 0876149557) KR
Hurricane Watch by Franklyn M Branley, illustrated by Giulio Maestro (HarperTrophy, 1985; ISBN 0690044704) KR
Inside a Hurricane by Joanna Cole (Scholastic, 1995; ISBN 0590446878)* KR
It's Raining Cats and Dogs; All Kinds of Weather, and Why We Have It by Frankly M. Branley, illustrated by True Kelley (Houghton Mifflin, 1987; ISBN 039533070X)
Kicks up a Storm: A Book About Weather (Magic School Bus) by Nancy White (scholastic)
Lightning by Seymour Simon (Morrow Junior Books, 1997; ISBN 0688146384) KR
Makes a Rainbow: A Book About Color (Magic School Bus) by George Bloom & Jocelyn Stevenson illustrated by Carolyn Bracken (scholastic)*
Rain & Hail by Franklyn M Branley, illustrated by Harriett Barton ( HarperCollins, 1963; ISBN 069004352X) KR
Rain & Snow (Kids Discover) December 2002*
Snowflakes by Joan Sugarman, illustrated by Jennifer Dewey (Little, Brown & Co, 1974; ISBN 0316821128) KR
Storms by Seymour Simon (Scholastic, 1989; ISBN 0590463209)* KR
Sunshine Makes the Seasons by Franklyn M. Branley illustrated by Giulio Maestro (HarperCollins, 1974; 069004481X) KR
The Weather by John Lynch (Firefly book, 2002; ISBN 1552976408) --gorgeous picture book
Thunderbolt; Learning About Lightning by Jonathan D. Kahl (Lerner, 1993; ISBN 0822525283)
Thunderstorms by Paul P. & Diana M. Sipiera (Children's Press, 1998; ISBN 0516264427)
Tornado Alert by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Giulio Maestro (HarperCollins, 1988; ISBN 0064450945) KR
Tornadoes by Seymour Simon (Scholastic, 1999 ISBN; 0439189357)* KR
Water Up, Water Down; The Hydrologic Cycle by Sally M. Walker (Carolrhoda, 1992; ISBN 0876146957)
Water, Water Everywhere by Mark J. Rauzon & Cynthia Overbeck Bix (Sierra Club, 1994; ISBN 0871565986) KR
Weather by Brian Cosgrove (DK Eyewitness, 1991; ISBN 0679207845)
Weather by Seymour Simon (Morrow Junior Books, 1993; ISBN 0688105467) KR
Weather, Explained by Derek Elsom (Henry Holt; 1997; ISBN 0805048758)
Wet All Over: A Book About the Water Cycle (Magic School Bus) by Patricia Relf*
Wet Weather by Jonathan D. Kahl (Lerner, 1992; ISBN 0822525267)
What Makes an Ocean Wave? (Scholastic Question and Answer)
What Makes Day and Night by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Arthur Dorros (Harper Collins ISBN 0064450503) KR
What Makes it Rain by Susan Mayers (Usborne Starting Point Science, 1989; ISBN 0746002742)* KR

Web pages:

Helaman's Academy unit on weather
National Weather Service
The Weather Channel and their education site
How the Weather Works (UASToday's list of links and lessons)
Weather from Edhead.org

Kray October 2003

Last updated: April, 2008

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