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Topic:
- Hurricane
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- Easier - A
hurricane is a very powerful, sometimes violent
storm with strong winds and heavy rains.
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- Harder - A
hurricane is a powerful, spiraling storm that
begins over a warm sea, near the equator. When a
hurricane hits land, it can do great damage through
its fierce winds, torrential rains, inland
flooding, and huge waves crashing ashore. A
powerful hurricane can kill more people and destroy
more property than any other natural disaster.
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- Hurricanes are given a different label,
depending on where they occur. If they begin over
the North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the
Gulf of Mexico, or the Northeast Pacific Ocean,
they are called hurricanes. Like storms that occur
in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the
imaginary International Date Line are called
typhoons. Near Australia and in the Indian Ocean,
they are referred to as tropical cyclones.
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- Canadian
Hurricane Centre: Just For Kids from
Environment Canada's Green Lane
- http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/kids.html
- You can find the answers to questions like
how do hurricanes work, how are they measured,
and when is hurricane season.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Hurricanes at FEMA For Kids http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm
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- Hurricane
Storm Science at the
Miami Museum of Science
- http://falcon.miamisci.org/hurricane/
- Here you learn how hurricanes work and see
how they are measured. You can also read stories
of hurricane survivors and more.
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- Hurricanes
(Part of NASA's Learning Technologies Project at
Athena Weather)
- http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/curric/weather/storms/index.html
- At this site, you can learn about hurricanes
by watching movies of hurricane Andrew, making
notes and sketches in your science journal,
exploring how it might feel to be a hurricane,
and making a hurricane art project.
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- Hyper
Hurricanes by Mary K. Miller at Discovery
Online
- http://www.discovery.com/stories/science/hurricanes/hurricanes.html
- Learn about how these super storms are made,
read about ancient hurricanes, see videos of
some huge storms, and even create your own
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- After visiting several of the
hurricane websites, complete one or more
of these activities:
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- Make a Hurricane Spiral. Use
the resources found at Make
a Hurricane Spiral to create, and
better understand, the spiral effect of a
hurricane.
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- Complete Some Hurricane
Activities. Follow the directions you
find at Hurricanes
(Athena) and learn about hurricanes by
watching movie clips of hurricane Andrew
and making notes and sketches in a
journal. Later explore how it might feel
to be a hurricane and make a hurricane art
project. You can complete a related
project at Tropical
Cyclones: Hurricanes and
Typhoons.
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- Take an Interactive Hurricane
Quiz. Test your knowledge of
hurricanes by completing the Interactive
Quiz at the Power of Hurricanes.
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- Complete a Hurricane WebQuest.
Adapt or follow the procedures found at
one or more of the following webQuest
sites:
- 1) Hurricane Webquest (Grade 4)
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/lelefant/webquest.html
- 2) Hurricane Web Quest (Grade 5-8)
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/canequest.htm
- 3) Hurricanes: Understanding Their
Destructive Power (Grade 10-12)
http://www.pgcps.org/~nwest/nhsced99.htm
- 4) In the "EYE" of the Storm by
Christi Huse and Tom Sizemore (Grade
4-8) http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/weather/index.htm
- 5) In the Eye of the Storm by Emily
Breuer (Grade 5) http://schools.wcpss.net/Root/breuerweb99/LessonTemplate.html
- 6) Welcome, Mayor... Have a
Hurricane! at WeatherEye (Grade 7-12)
http://weathereye.kgan.com/expert/hurricane/index.html
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- Complete a Hurricane Preparedness
Plan. First visit lots of the sites
like Hurricane
Page, Are
You Ready for a Hurricane?, Hurricane
Fact Sheet, and Hurricanes!.
Then prepare a plan for your home that
covers what to do before a hurricane hits,
what to do during a hurricane, and finally
what needs to be done after a hurricane
has gone through.
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- Write a Hurricane Story. If you
live in an area that has experienced
hurricanes, you might want to gather
stories from neighbors, family, and
friends. For help with conducting
interviews and the oral history process,
visit Oral
History. But if you do not live in a
hurricane area, write your own fiction
story about a hurricane. Illustrate your
finished hurricane story with drawings or
photographs.
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- Websites By Kids For Kids
- Hurricanes
by Rachel Rusch and Janira Vazquez
- http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/hurricanes.html
- This brief report was created by 8th grade
students.
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- Hurricanes
(1998 ThinkQuest Junior Project)
- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4657/
- Learn how hurricanes develop, the parts of a
hurricane, what a Saffir Simpson Scale is, and
interesting facts about hurricanes. Also
includes instructions on how to prepare for one,
and what to do during and/after a
hurricane.
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- Hurricanes:
Nature's Fury (1999 ThinkQuest Junior Project)
- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5431/
- Here visitors learn what to do before,
during, and after a hurricane arrives. This site
explains how hurricanes are formed and
classified, the effects of hurricanes on
property and the environment, and provides
personal hurricane experiences.
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- Sunnykey
Island: A Hurricane Simulation (1998 ThinkQuest
Junior Project)
- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3940/
- This webpage was designed by a group of 5th
grade students to promote hurricane safety in a
fun, interactive way.
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- Typhoon
Aerospace (1998 ThinkQuest Junior Project)
- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3741/
- This website contains articles, photographs,
and research pages related to typhoons, the
Pacific Ocean's equivalent to hurricanes.
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- Lots More Sites
- Anatomy
of a Hurricane by Dr. Robert C. Sheets
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- gopher://esdim1.esdim.noaa.gov/00/NOAA_systems/education/anatomy.asc
- This article provides facts about the birth
and tracking of hurricanes. It includes stories
about 1988's Hurricane Gilbert.
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- Are
You Ready for a Hurricane? at American Red
Cross
- http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/hurrican.html
- Here you can find general disaster safety
information relevant to a hurricane.
- Similar Website:
- 2) Hurricane Fact Sheet at Federal Emergency
Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/library/hurricaf.htm
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- FAQ:
Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones by
Christopher W. Landsea
- http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/hurricane/TCfaq.html
- Here you can find definitions and basic
information as well as get the answers to basic
questions about hurricanes.
- Similar Websites:
- 2) Questions and Answers About Hurricanes
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/hurricane/
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- 500
Years of Atlantic Hurricane History
- http://www.sun-sentinel.com/storm/history/
- This site has an extensive timeline and
descriptions of past hurricanes.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Deadliest Hurricanes In The United States
1900-1996 http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdead.html
- 3) Costliest Hurricanes In The United States
1900-1996 http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastcost.html
- 4) View Past Hurricane Data or Plots
http://weather.terrapin.com/PastStorms.html
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- Hurricane
Hunters
- http://www.hurricanehunters.com/welcome.htm
- Learn about the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters, of the
Air Force Reserve. This group provides unique
photos from inside the hurricanes.
- Not-to-be-Missed Section:
- 2) Ask A Hurricane Hunter http://www.hurricanehunters.com/askus.htm
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- Hurricane
Information at USA Today
- http://www.usatoday.com/weather/huricane/whursci.htm
- This site is an indexed directory to
articles about hurricanes.
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- Hurricane
Page
- http://www.jannws.state.ms.us/hrcn.html
- At this location, you can learn about
hurricanes and how to prepare yourself for
one.
- Similar Websites:
- 2) Hurricanes! http://www.txdirect.net/~msattler/hurrican.htm
- 3) Tropical Twisters: Hurricanes http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html
- 4) Hurricanes: Online Meteorology Guide at
University of Illinois
- http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml
- 5) Hurricanes at the Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com/safeside/tropical/
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- National
Hurricane Center
- http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
- This Tropical Prediction center gives you
the latest hurricane predictions, facts, and
advisories.
- Similar Websites:
- 2) Hurricane News Zone at ExploreZone
http://explorezone.com/news/hurricane.htm
- 3) Storm Hurricane Central http://www.gopbi.com/weather/storm/
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- Websites for Teachers
- Hurricane
Georges: An Interdisciplinary Lesson by Wesley
A. Fryer (Grade 4-6)
- http://wtvi.com/teks/98_99_articles/georges.html
- This article provides detailed instructions
for teaching a multi-day classroom lesson about
Hurricane Georges.
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- Hurricane
at American Red Cross from 'Talking About Disaster:
Guide for Standard Messages'
- http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/guide/hurricane.html
- This site is intended to give background
information to teachers about hurricanes,
preparedness, and safety.
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- Hurricanes
Theme Page at the Community Learning Network
- http://www.cln.org/themes/hurricanes.html
- This webpage links to instructional
materials and lesson plans which will help
teachers provide instruction in this theme.
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- Inquiry-Based
Hurricane Lesson by Damon Carr (TrackStar,
Grade 3-9)
- http://trackstar.scrtec.org/main/display.php3?trackid=318
- In this science lesson, students consider
several questions, including: How much damage do
hurricanes cause? What types of damage do
hurricanes cause? What causes a hurricane to
form and travel? Where do hurricanes most often
occur? How is the USA affected by Hurricanes?
What is the reasoning for how the USA is
affected?
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- Middle
School Hurricane Activities (Grade 5-6) from
Univ. of Colorado, Kids as Global Scientists with
the Univ. of Michigan Weather Underground
- http://www.onesky.umich.edu/kgs/htdocs/Hurricane_Lesson.html
- Students explore the speed and path of a
recent hurricane, and use this information to
predict the location and extent of damage when
the hurricane hits the coast.
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- Teacher's
Guide at the Miami Museum of Science (Grade
3-6)
- http://falcon.miamisci.org/hurricane/teachers.html
- This site provides a suggested strategy for
using the resources found at 'Hurricane Storm
Science.'
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- Tracking
a Hurricane (Grade 6-8)
- http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/atmosphere/inter/activities/hurrican
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- By completing this activity, the learner
will observe hurricanes on radar maps and
satellite images; describe hurricane location,
strength and development; organize, graph and
analyze hurricane data and patterns; use image
analysis techniques to predict changes in
hurricanes; and prepare presentations describing
previous, current, and forecasted hurricane
conditions.
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- Created by
Annette
Lamb and
Larry
Johnson,
1/99
- Updated,
7/00
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