ROCKTUCATION
The Weather School.
A complete weather education, free forever. Nobody gives all of it away; the rock is not anybody. Grounded in National Weather Service science, checked twice, and open to every classroom, homeschool, and curious human on Earth.
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Today's lesson from your sky
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37 lessons open, and counting.
First Weather · ObservingWhat Is Weather?Weather is what the sky is doing right now. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · Temperature · ObservingSunny Days.The sun is out, and everything gets warm. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · ObservingThe Shadow Clock.Shadows move while you are not looking. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · CloudsCloudy Days.Clouds are made of tiny water drops, floating. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · PrecipitationRainy Days.Rain is water falling out of the clouds. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · WindWindy Days.Wind is air that is moving. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · ObservingWhich Way Is the Wind Going?The wind is always headed somewhere. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · PrecipitationSnowy Days.Snow is rain that froze on the way down. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · StormsStorms and Thunder.Thunder is the sound that lightning makes. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · Temperature · How it feelsHot and Cold.Weather is something your body can feel. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · ObservingSunset Colors.The sky's goodnight colours. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · Temperature · MoistureDay and Night.The sky has a whole other half. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · How it feels · ObservingWhat Should I Wear?The best reason to know the weather. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · Precipitation · MoisturePuddles.Where the rain waits after it lands. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · ObservingThe Rain's Path.Water always runs downhill. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · Clouds · MoistureFoggy Days.Fog is a cloud that is resting on the ground. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · ObservingFrosty Mornings.Tiny ice crystals that grew in the night. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · Storms · ObservingCounting the Thunder.The sky will tell you how far away the storm is. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · Observing · PrecipitationRainbows.What happens when sun and rain share the sky. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
First Weather · Temperature · ObservingThe Seasons.The year has weather moods, and they take turns. The page can read itself out loud, and there is something to look at and something to try.First Weather2 min readReads itselfActivityGame
Unit 1 lesson · Clouds · MoistureHow a Cloud Forms.Rising parcels, adiabatic cooling, and the exact height where a cloud is born, with a simulator you steer and a recipe you can cook.Working8 min readSimulatorExperimentQuizPrintables
Explainer · Forecasting · PrecipitationWhat a 60 Percent Chance of Rain Actually Means.Probability of precipitation explained plainly: the National Weather Service formula, what the percent does and does not promise, and how to actually Foundation5 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Moisture · How it feelsDew Point: The Number That Tells You How It Feels.Why dew point beats relative humidity for judging comfort: what the number means, the comfort bands, and why 90 degrees in Phoenix and Miami are diffeFoundation6 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · How it feels · TemperatureFeels Like: Where Heat Index and Wind Chill Come From.The feels like temperature explained: how humidity slows your cooling to build the heat index, how wind strips warmth to build wind chill, and what thWorking5 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Temperature · ObservingWhy the Hottest Part of the Day Is Not Noon.The sun is highest at noon, but the thermometer keeps climbing for hours afterward. Thermal lag explained simply: the energy balance behind it, why soFoundation8 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Instruments · PrecipitationHow Weather Radar Works, and When It Lies.Weather radar explained: how echoes become the colored map, why the beam sees rain aloft rather than ground truth, and the classic radar illusions likWorking6 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Wind · ForecastingThe Jet Stream: The River That Runs the Weather.The jet stream explained: the fast river of air near the tropopause that steers storms, why it wanders with the seasons, and what a trough and a ridgeWorking9 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Precipitation · StormsLake-Effect Snow: How a Lake Builds a Blizzard.Lake-effect snow explained: cold wind, warm open water, the forecasters' 13 degree rule, and how one shore gets buried while the sun shines ten miles Working9 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Temperature · CloudsThe Layers of the Atmosphere.The five layers of the atmosphere with the National Weather Service's own numbers: how high each one reaches, why the temperature reverses direction fWorking9 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Moisture · TemperatureMorning Frost: Ice That Was Never Dew.Frost explained: how ice grows straight from vapor on clear calm nights, and why the grass can freeze while the thermometer reads above 32.Foundation9 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Clouds · ObservingFrom Clear to Overcast: How Sky Cover Is Measured.Partly cloudy, mostly sunny, overcast: the okta system behind sky cover words, what each band means, and why two apps can disagree about the same sky.Foundation5 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Storms · InstabilityThe Thunderstorm Recipe: Moisture, Lift, and Instability.How thunderstorms form: the three ingredients every storm needs, the three stage life cycle from cumulus to collapse, and what separates a storm from Working6 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Forecasting · TemperatureWarm Fronts, Cold Fronts, and How to Read the Map.Weather fronts explained plainly: what an air mass is, why a cold front hits fast while a warm front creeps, and what the map symbols promise.Foundation9 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Forecasting · StormsWatch, Warning, Advisory.The difference between a weather watch, a warning, and an advisory, explained plainly: what each one promises, the one question that tells them apart,Foundation7 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Precipitation · ObservingWhy the World Goes Quiet When It Snows.Why snow muffles the world: how fresh flakes trap sound, why the hush ends when the snow refreezes, and why cold mornings carry sound so far.Foundation7 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · WindWhy the Wind Blows.Wind explained from the ground up: how pressure differences start it, how the Coriolis force bends it, how friction drags it into a spiral, and why thWorking10 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Explainer · Wind · ObservingWind Speed and Gusts: What Those Numbers Feel Like.What a forecast means by wind speed and by gusts: the National Weather Service definitions, the two minute average against the peak instant, where theFoundation8 min readInteractiveQuizPrintables
Nothing matches that combination yet. The school is young; the sky is not.
Where this is going
The curriculum grows from cloud formation to jet stream dynamics, solar influence, ocean cycles, and upper-atmosphere physics. Every lesson is coming in two reading levels: a rigorous scholarly text and a young-reader edition with the rock's own illustrations, both telling the same true story. The sky has no tuition. Neither does this.