NSDL

The website I chose to search was NSDL. I searched "weather," and found a lot fo useful results. My top three were :
Weather Scope
This website had weather related projects and activities that would be fun for students to do. The project I liked is one that would allow students to access real weather data on the internet, and make charts and graphs using the info found. I would use this project to teach students how to read weather data, and make charts and graphs.
Dan's Wild, Wild Weather Page
This website had a list of all types of weather realted topics. When you click on each topic it has info about each, and activities to go with it. This website could be used in the classroom just to get info. about a weather related topic, or it could also be used to find projects and activities to do with each topic.
Climate
This website describes weather vs. climate, different climate regions in the united states, gives a teachers guide, and also gives activities that have to do with climate. This is a great website for getting info. about climate. I would use this website to teach students about the differences in weather and climate.

iMovie

I thought this iMovie assignement was fun, but very time consuming and more difficult than I expected it to be. I don't think it would be appropriate to have elementary students create a movie using iMovie or other similiar applications. However, I do think it would be fun for students in upper grades, such as fifth or sixth grade, to film a movie then the teacher could put it together in iMovie for them. It would be benificial for the students, because if you are able to use the information you learn in class in ways other than doing worksheets and taking tests, it is usually easier to remeber. Filming a movie could be used as a final a project.
I think that if students had to create the entire movie, using iMovie they would spend more time learning the technology than the actual information they are presenting in the movie. However, I think there could be a balance between learning concepts and technology if the students are required to film a movie rather than put the entire thing together in iMovie. This would allow the student to use some technology by filming the movie, but it is still simple enough that they can focus on the educational purposes of the the movie.
I think iMovie is something I would have the students in my classroom use because I think it would be to difficult for them. However, I do not think I would totally exclude iMovie from the classroom. It could be used for me to present educational movies to the class, such as the ones we made in class.