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Tornadoes, lightning, rainbows, and more!
A text from a 12th-century English monk known for his interest in weather seems to be the first written account of ball lightning.
Teaching Weather to your primary students can be fun and easy with this fantastic collection of science activities, experiments and resources.
The strange phenomenon of ball lightning appears during thunderstorms and has been known to break through windows, with nasty results.
Lightning is a random act of nature that can strike at any time of the year, most often during summer months. So far this year, there have been 26 people reported to have been struck by lightning; 12 of those people died.* As of August 18, 2020, 12 lightning fatalities have occurred this yea
Becoming a parent is the moment you accept a life of changes. Change of lifestyle, change in priorities. Changes that you are not used to, changes that you
Use this lightning diagram to go along with what your child is learning about weather systems in school!
প্রতি বছর এপ্রিল-মে মাসে বাংলাদেশে বজ্রপাতে নিহতের ঘটনা ঘটছে। বিশেষজ্ঞরা বলছেন, বাতাসে কার্বনের পরিমাণ বেড়ে যাওয়ায় বজ্রপাতের ঘটনা বেড়েছে। সংবাদ মাধ্যমের
The Drowned Throne
A video camera was rolling when two rare phenomena that look like gigantic jellyfish suddenly appeared and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.
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Weathering vs Erosion STEM activity is a super easy and fun Science experiment that will teach your kids how the earth works.
10 killed, 3 injured in lightning strikes in parts of Odisha. The coastal areas of Odisha received heavy rains accompanied by ligh...
“The Three Kadlu Sisters’ themes are summer, winter, weather and banishing. Their symbols are lightning and thunder. Among the Inuit and several other northern tribes, these divine si…
In the 1880s, William Nicholson Jennings set out to prove the diversity and unpredictability of lightning's path, capturing the electric light with his plate camera.
Check out these 10 creepy photos and their distubing backstories. Warning, these images aren't for the feint of heart.
The sky lit up, and for a few milliseconds a reddish, jellyfish-like, shape extended its electrified tentacles over Mexico. It was a rare capture on camera by an astronaut on the International Space Station earlier this month. Scientists call it a ‘sprite’, a powerful electric discharge that Andreas will try [...]
Learn what causes thunder and lightning and get interesting facts about how thunder and lightning work in storms.
Boost your preschooler's math skills with these five fun worksheets!
8 Weather Idioms and Phrases with Examples [Image] Image Source 1. raining cats and dogs - pouring, raining very heavily - Where are you going, can’t you see it’s raining cats and dogs? You’ll get soaked in a minute if you go out now. - They didn’t go to the theme park because it was raining cats and dogs almost all day. 2. face like thunder - being clearly very angry or upset - I don’t know what was happening, I just saw that a man with a face like thunder was chasing a little boy out of the grocer’s shop. - She didn’t say anything but her face was like thunder; she slammed the door as she left, and we haven’t seen her ever since. 3. storm in a teacup - exaggerating a problem, anger or worry about something unimportant - Their debate was only a storm in a teacup – actually neither of them took the problem too serious. - The reports about the demonstration are a storm in a teacup – there wasn’t as much violence there as they say. 4. chase rainbows - waste time trying to achieve something impossible - My wife never believed I would make it as an executive manager; she always thought I was just chasing rainbows. - Can’t you see you’re only chasing rainbows? There’s no way to get this girl marry you. 5. lightning fast - extremely fast - I don’t think we can keep up with him, he’s got a lightning fast bike. - The robbery lasted only a minute, and then the robbers disappeared in a lightning fast car. 6. head in the clouds- having unrealistic or impractical ideas, daydreaming - Is your sister in love? I see her walking around all day with her head in the clouds. - You have your head in the clouds if you think Mary will come to your birthday party after the nasty things you’ve done to her. 7. snowed under - having too much to do - I’d love to help you, but I’m completely snowed under at the moment. - Could you come over and fix the tap in the bathroom? But of course, only if you aren’t snowed under, it’s not so urgent. 8. under the weather - ill, sick, feeling unwell, sad or lacking energy - Do you mind if I stay out of work today? I’m feeling under the weather, I may have the flu. - I heard you were ill yesterday. Are you feeling better now or are you still under the weather?
Tetsuya “Ted” Fujita’s unusual memoirs provide a fascinating glimpse into a one-of-a-kind mind.
Rainbows Super cheesy topic folks. I want to preface the following remarks with the explanation that I was, indeed, a child who believed in fairies, unicorns, spirits and menehunes. Not Santa though—we didn’t do Santa. But we loved rainbows in our family, and surrounded ourselves with crystals, the better to see more of them. I... Read more »
Lightning is an example of static electric discharge. You can simulate lightning in a jar using simple materials.
