Note: The Weather Channel Kids site has retired.   Try NOAA’s JetStream – An Online School for Weather instead.

Your job as a virtual Youth Intern at The Weather Channel will be to run the Severe Weather Command Center. You will answer emails and text messages from viewers about their weather concerns. To choose the correct answer, you can request hints from the people at the Weather Channel. When you answer several questions correctly, you will go up to the next level.

Kids, ages 5-8, take a ride with Kalani in the weather balloon and learn all about weather.  Learn about the sun, clouds, precipitation,  temperature, and seasons.

This is a flash-based game.  For kids to use the interactive portions, you’ll need to add flash emulator extension, such as Ruffle, to your browser.  But the content is still good, even without the interactive parts.

Try SkySci for Kids as an alternative game about weather.

Oh, wondering about the name Kalani? It is a Hawaiian name that means sky. You can get started with Kalani by clicking on the weather vane.

Learn more about hurricanes and tornadoes at this interactive site, that includes maps, case studies and labs that let you manipulate these weather phenomena.  You can also preview a National Geographic giant screen movie about Forces of Nature and find out where the movie is playing.

From site:  Warm near the equator and cold at the poles, our planet is able to support a variety of living things because of its diverse regional climates. The average of all these regions makes up Earth’s global climate.

Earth’s global climate is warming as natural processes like the greenhouse effect are influenced by changes caused by humans.

Climate has cooled and warmed throughout Earth history for various reasons. Yet, rapid warming like we see today is unusual in the history of our planet.

Weather Wiz Kids has lots of information, pictures and illustrations of weather events. Hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, clouds, rain & floods, thunderstorms, lightening, wind, temperature, and climate are all explained. There’s also info on other earth events, such as wildfires, earthquakes and volcanoes.

Meteorologist Crystal Wicker also discusses weather forecasting, how TV meteorologists work, and more about weather systems. You’ll also find links to other helpful weather websites and weather pictures.