Weather: Thunder/Lightning

Explains how and why a thunderstorm occurs and gives safety steps to follow when lightning is flashing.

What is a thunderstorm? -- What is lightning? -- What causes lightning? -- What is thunder? -- Lightning shapes -- Thunderstorms and animals -- Lightning and plants -- Flying through a storm -- Storm warnings -- Staying safe : people -- Staying safe : buildings -- Disaster : lightning strikes -- Project : making lightning.

Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of lightning. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade

Photographs and text explore the natural phenomenon of lightning.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44) and index.

Explains what electrical storms are, where and when they happen, what their effects can be, and ways to stay safe.

Introduces thunderstorms by explaining the weather conditions which cause them and describing the damage which severe storms can cause.

Covers a variety of facts on lightning, including how it is formed, the different types of lightning, what thunder is and its relationship to lightning, safety measures, etc.

Mother Nature unleashes spectacular natural phenomena as Jay, Elisha, Vanessa and Tyler witness the inner workings of Niagara Falls, an actual lightning storm, and try to get out of the way of an avalanche.

In Storms, see what happens when huge masses of air collide. Destructive or not, storms benefit us. The tropical regions of the Earth would be too hot to inhabit--and the subpolar regions too cold -- if we didn't have hurricanes and typhoons to distribute the Earth's heat so efficiently