#FallInLoveWithScience

It's fall in the Northern Hemisphere, and NOAA is here to celebrate! Check out our roundup of activities, educational resources, and demos that are sure to make you fall in love with science this season!

A graphic of a tree with fall-colored leaves falling onto the ground. The leaves spell out "Fall" with text underneath that says "in love with science." The graphic also features a jack-o-lantern with the NOAA logo, a pile of leaves, and a crescent moon.
Fall in love with science with NOAA Education! (NOAA Education/Kaleigh Ballantine)
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Carve out some time for fun

A digital painting of a cricket standing on the pointer of a temperature gauge with it's wings up. The temperature gauge points to 82 degrees Fahrenheit and approximately 29 degrees Celcius.
Can crickets tell the temperature?

The answer is in their chirp! By counting the frequency of cricket chirps, you can estimate the temperature with arithmetic. Try it in your area!

A graphic with the text #NOAASpookyScience surrounded by imagery of a ship with ghosts floating on it, skeleton fish swimming in the ocean, a satellite shining a beam onto a group of bats, lightning clouds, a buoy covered in spiderwebs, and tentacles holding pumpkins.
Spooky Science

Follow along with NOAA Education as we celebrate all things spooky, odd, and spine-tingling in the ocean and atmosphere with NOAA Spooky Science!

Text on photo of five types of precipitation: rain, snow crystals, hail, sleet, and graupel. Text reads "What is your precipitype? Take our precipitation personality quiz to find out!
Precipitypes

Fall brings changing weather, including rain, snow, and ice. Find out what type of precipitation you would be with our interactive personality quiz.

Simmer, sizzle, and steep your favorite fall treats

Two mugs are placed on a kitchen counter. One mug has the NOAA logo on it and a miniature secchi disk is suspended above it. (The secchi disk is made of a white disk with black on opposite quarters. It is hanging from a string that has markings every centimeter.) The other mug is made of clear glass, and it contains hot cocoa topped with a layer of espresso and a layer of milk. The top two layers are mixing, forming swirls.
Oceanography in a mug

Lessons in physics and chemistry from your favorite warm drinks.

A beautifully plated seafood dish of white fish on a bed of leafy green bibb lettuce and topped with a chopped vegetable chutney.
Fall in love with new seafood

Seafood Month in October is the perfect time to let a new fish dish win over your taste buds.

Droplets of water have formed on the clear lid of a container of leftovers. Larger droplets form the shape of the NOAA logo.
Cooking up a storm: Atmospheric science in your kitchen

Along with the potatoes, cranberry sauce, and stuffing, your kitchen has all the ingredients — air, water, and heat — to cook up a perfect scientific storm.

Sweater weather and seasonal shifts

A graphic of the Earth’s orbit around the sun. Meteorological seasons: Winter starts on Dec. 1, spring on Mar. 1, summer on June 1, and fall on Sept. 1. Astronomical seasons: Winter begins on the winter solstice (Dec. 21) when the North Pole is tilted to the max extent away from the sun, spring begins on the spring equinox (Mar. 20), summer begins on the summer solstice (June 21), when the North Pole is tilted to the max extent toward the sun, and fall begins on the autumnal equinox (Sept.21).
Meteorological vs. astronomical seasons

Do you know the difference between meteorological and astronomical seasons? In the Northern Hemisphere, we’re ready for fall, but our friends in the Southern Hemisphere are welcoming spring.

Line graph showing observed and predicted temperatures (black line) in the key ENSO-monitoring region of the tropical Pacific from early 2024 though spring 2025. The gray shading shows the range of temperatures predicted by individual models that are part of the North American Multi Model Ensemble (NMME, for short). Most of the shading appears below the dashed blue line by the fall, meaning most models predict that temperature in the Niño-3.4 region of the tropical Pacific will be cooler than average by at
September 2024 ENSO update

According to the September El Niño-Southern Oscillation (aka ”ENSO”) Outlook, a weak La Niña is expected to emerge during September–November and persist through the Northern Hemisphere winter. 

Beaufort Sea in the Arctic.
Arctic Report Card

The 2023 report shows that more frequent extreme weather and climate events are transforming the Arctic, yet resiliency and opportunity lie within diverse partnerships

Be Weather-Ready for fall

A title slide of a presentation titled, "Fall Weather Safety." Text: National Weather Service, Building a Weather-Ready Nation. Know Your Risk, Take Action, Be a Force of Nature.
Fall safety presentation

Know your risk, take action, and be a force of nature! The National Weather Service Fall Weather Safety presentation features tips for dealing with fall hazards.

A screenshot of the National Weather Service fall infographics web page including infographics relating to fall weather hazards.
National Weather Service fall infographics

Download fall safety infographics and share on your social networks.

A map of the United States with colored regions showing percent chance in probability of above normal, normal, or below normal levels.
Three-month seasonal outlook

The NOAA Climate Prediction Center has released the official temperature and precipitation seasonal forecasts for Fall 2024.

Make the switch from summer to school

A collage of eight images of NOAA educational resources. Clockwise: sea turtles in a reef with text "Sanctuaries 360: Explore the Blue", a drawing of the ten basic clouds, an ROV in the deep ocean, a drawing of the salmon life cycle, a drawing of a satellite above Earth, a winning marine debris art contest entry with the text "Don't pollute the oceans!", a woman standing in front of two screens with the text "get started!", and a data visualization of two Earths showing different sea surface temperatures.
Education resource database

Our searchable database has more than 1,300 education resources created by NOAA and our partners.

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Go back to school with NOAA

Are you a teacher or educator looking for resources for the new school year ahead? Go back to school with NOAA!

A grid of photos showing scholars doing a variety of activities, including: holding a tray of sampled oysters in a lab, holding a plate of whale baleen, on a boat, holding a weather balloon, and at a computer displaying audio data. Overlaid text reads "EPP/MSI and Hollings Scholarship Applications are now open!"
Student opportunities database

NOAA has opportunities for students of any level — from kindergarten through high school, undergraduate and graduate, and even recent graduates.