{"id":665,"date":"2008-10-07T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T10:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/topics\/lightning\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T11:25:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:25:12","slug":"lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although it has been studied since the eighteenth century, the mystery of what causes lightning has not been completely unlocked. Beautiful to behold, but occasionally deadly, lightning is a force of nature that must always be taken seriously. Learn more about the science of lightning and lightning safety at the following sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although it has been studied since the eighteenth century, the mystery of what causes lightning has not been completely unlocked. Beautiful to behold, but occasionally deadly, lightning is a force of nature that must always be taken seriously. Learn more …[Continue]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,52],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-science","7":"category-weather","8":"entry","9":"gs-1","10":"gs-odd","11":"gs-even","12":"gs-featured-content-entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLightning » Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Surfnetkids recommends five lightning websites for families and classrooms. Although it has been studied since the eighteenth century, the mystery of what causes lightning has not been completely unlocked. Beautiful to behold, but\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lightning » Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Surfnetkids recommends five lightning websites for families and classrooms. Although it has been studied since the eighteenth century, the mystery of what causes lightning has not been completely unlocked. Beautiful to behold, but\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/surfnetkids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-10-07T10:37:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-05T19:25:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Barbara Feldman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@barbarafeldman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@barbarafeldman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Barbara Feldman\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/lightning\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/lightning\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Barbara Feldman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/24f412db62c0ab050efc9f8b7fa1aa40\"},\"headline\":\"Lightning\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-10-07T10:37:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-05T19:25:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/lightning\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":53,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Science\",\"Weather\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/lightning\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/lightning\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/lightning\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lightning » Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-10-07T10:37:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-05T19:25:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Surfnetkids recommends five lightning websites for families and classrooms. Although it has been studied since the eighteenth century, the mystery of what causes lightning has not been completely unlocked. Beautiful to behold, but\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/lightning\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/lightning\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/lightning\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Science\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/directory\\\/science\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Weather\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/directory\\\/science\\\/weather\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Lightning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/\",\"name\":\"Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids\",\"description\":\"Educational website reviews\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Surfnetkids.com, Inc.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/logo-surfnetkids-1200x628.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/logo-surfnetkids-1200x628.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"Surfnetkids.com, Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/surfnetkids\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/barbarafeldman\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/barbarafeldman\\\/\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/barbarafeldman\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/barbarafeldman\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.surfnetkids.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/24f412db62c0ab050efc9f8b7fa1aa40\",\"name\":\"Barbara Feldman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Barbara Feldman\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/barbarafeldman\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lightning » Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids","description":"Surfnetkids recommends five lightning websites for families and classrooms. Although it has been studied since the eighteenth century, the mystery of what causes lightning has not been completely unlocked. Beautiful to behold, but","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lightning » Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids","og_description":"Surfnetkids recommends five lightning websites for families and classrooms. Although it has been studied since the eighteenth century, the mystery of what causes lightning has not been completely unlocked. Beautiful to behold, but","og_url":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/","og_site_name":"Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/surfnetkids","article_published_time":"2008-10-07T10:37:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-01-05T19:25:12+00:00","author":"Barbara Feldman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@barbarafeldman","twitter_site":"@barbarafeldman","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Barbara Feldman"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/"},"author":{"name":"Barbara Feldman","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/24f412db62c0ab050efc9f8b7fa1aa40"},"headline":"Lightning","datePublished":"2008-10-07T10:37:07+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-05T19:25:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/"},"wordCount":53,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Science","Weather"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/","url":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/","name":"Lightning » Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-10-07T10:37:07+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-05T19:25:12+00:00","description":"Surfnetkids recommends five lightning websites for families and classrooms. Although it has been studied since the eighteenth century, the mystery of what causes lightning has not been completely unlocked. Beautiful to behold, but","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/lightning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Science","item":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/directory\/science\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Weather","item":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/directory\/science\/weather\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Lightning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/","name":"Resources \u00bb Surfnetkids","description":"Educational website reviews","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/#organization","name":"Surfnetkids.com, Inc.","url":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/logo-surfnetkids-1200x628.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/logo-surfnetkids-1200x628.png","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"Surfnetkids.com, Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/surfnetkids","https:\/\/x.com\/barbarafeldman","https:\/\/instagram.com\/barbarafeldman\/","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/barbarafeldman","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/barbarafeldman\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/24f412db62c0ab050efc9f8b7fa1aa40","name":"Barbara Feldman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6e46f3b8086ff1944261ad7589f4953e61a09467d9352840df2b96d32ad45bb?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"Barbara Feldman"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/barbarafeldman"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9812,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/9812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}