Mini Lesson: Hurricane!
It's Hurricane season! According to the National Weather Service the hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere lasts from June through November. As you are reading this one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded is heading towards the U.S. Lets take this opportunity to learn more about hurricanes.As we work through this mini lesson please type at least one question in the comments section. After our warm up activities we will review the comments, form teams, and then research our questions.
Warmup Quiz
Hurricane Irma Live Broadcast
Map Skills: Tracking Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma Latitude and LongitudeAtlantic Basin Tracking Chart
Our Questions
Please review the list of questions we generated. Save a copy of the google doc to your own drive and then use cut and paste to organize the questions into general categories for investigation.Working with a partner research and answer the questions, then turn them in to the google classroom. Each person must turn in their own copy.
Food for Thought
Forbes Online: Seven "Big Picture" questions about Hurricane Harvey
(reading strategy: Stop and Jot )
PBS NewsHour Online: Hurricane Irma could be Catastrophic
(reading strategy: Scavenger Hunt )
PBS NewsHour Online: Hurricane Irma could be Catastrophic
(reading strategy: Scavenger Hunt )
National Hurricane Center: Number of Storms in the Atlantic Basin over Time
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| from National Hurricane Center, NWS, NOAA accessed 9/8/2017 |
What are they gonna name the hurricanes after they've finished the alphabet for hurricane names? Are they just gonna start from "A" just with a different name?
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