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Instructional Video

Severe Weather

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What makes severe weather so severe? Very different from regular weather, severe weather is more dangerous and "puts people at risk." This is the focus of a video that explains how severe weather interacts with the biosphere and geosphere.

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Concepts
severe weather, thunder, thunderstorms, tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, floods, droughts, temperature, the biosphere, atmospheric conditions, the atmosphere, the earth's atmosphere
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Additional Tags
science
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Instructional Ideas
  • Search the Internet for appropriate videos of different types of severe weather in action
Classroom Considerations
  • The 12th in a series of 22 videos that discuss Earth's spheres and natural resources
  • Concepts from the previous videos are reviewed at the beginning of the episode
  • The investigation demonstrates how severe weather can affect organisms in the biosphere and reshape things in the geosphere
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Designed for Next Generation Science Standards
Cons
  • None
NGSS
5-ESS2-1