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Weather Lore Weather Folklore Do woolly worms and nut-gathering squirrels give us hints to the long winter ahead? Is there science behind these sayings? Download the Weather Folklore lesson from Athena and find out. While exploring weather proverbs from online sources and books, students are posed with questions to help them think about the relationship between weather and their own daily experiences. A culminating activity has students formulate theories on why humans have been preoccupied with understanding, predicting, and trying to control the weather. The lesson includes a bibliography and hyperlinks to Web sites such as the Old Farmer's Almanac. Sky Watch Sky Watch Signs of the Weather is a great article written by Jerry Wilson, a former science teacher. He has been collecting information about weather since he was a child from meteorologists and others. His definitions of weather phenomena and interpretations of rhymes are easy to understand for the beginning meteorologist. For instance, he gives this explanation to "When chairs squeak, It's about rain they speak." Wooden chairs will absorb moisture from the air when the humidity rises. This causes them to squeak.

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