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How Do Storms Influence Our Lives?
Students investigate the various ways storms influence our lives. They conduct Internet research, identify the characteristics of different storms, plot storm coordinates, and write a report on a particular storm.
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The Science of Hurricanes
Students are introduced to the science of hurricanes in an effort to highlight how forces change the speed and direction of motion.
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Tracking Hurricanes
Young scholars explore how technology and science are used to identify, measure, and track powerful tropical storms to better warn and secure people from their impact. They research hurricanes online by tracking the storms on a hurricane...
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Bible Lesson: Storms
Students examine four stories of storms in the Bible and discuss reasons God may have sent the storm. In this Biblical storms lesson, students read of four great Biblical storms and complete a worksheet in which they answer questions...
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Weather
In this vocabulary worksheet, students find ten words about the weather in a thirteen by twelve letter word search. Words include types of storms, such as blizzard as well as more general terms such as sunshine.
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Create Your Own Cloud
Learners explore and analyze weather conditions, climates, compositions and characteristics of the atmosphere and weather patterns. They explain in detail the water cycle and its relationship to weather patterns. A lab experiment is...
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Erosion in Different Soils [Erosion Races]
Fourth graders review how erosion can happen by wind, water, and gravity which they studied in previous activity. They attempt to discover if all soils erode at the same rate. In small groups, 4th graders experiment with three different...
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Hunt For Supertwister
Pupils identify the best time of year and place to position spotters for possible tornado outbreaks. They research tornado formations, spotting, and safety. Students present their information using a poster, a mock-up of a newspaper, a...
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Eye Spy Science
Fourth graders identify the four kinds of violent storms. Using photographs, they create "eye spy" questions for each and mount them on construction paper. They write a brief summary for each photo and share the questions with the class...
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Teaching about Rain Storms, Land Use, and Lake Turbidity
Pupils investigate the impacts of major rainfall and subsequent runoff on turbidity in lakes. They, in groups, develop a presentation of their research and/or write a paper summarizing their investigation.
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Dangerous Storms
Learners examine media language for dangerous storms stressing; preparation, evacuation, and emergency assistance, and problem-solving techniques for emergency situations.