Hurricanes

by Liz LaRosa

www.middleschoolscience.com

 

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to: (updated Sept. 2003)

To start, choose a task from the menu to your left.  All links will be displayed in this frame.  If you get lost, simply click on the task number and you will be back to where you started.

 

Task 1: Naming Hurricanes

Use these websites to complete the task sheet. 

  1. Naming Hurricanes: http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/hurricanes4.html
  2. How are hurricanes names? http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html 

 

Task 2:  Stages of Development

Use these websites to complete the task sheet.

  1. Hurricane Season: http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/hurricanes1f.html 
  2. Interactive: How hurricanes form View this link!
  3. Typical Northern Hemisphere hurricane: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/whurwhat/whurwhat.htm 
  4. Stages of Development: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/stages/home.rxml 

 

Task 3: Parts of the Hurricane

Use these websites to complete the task sheet:

  1. Watch this BrainPOP movie and take the online quiz: http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/hurricanes/index.weml  View this link!
  2. Structure of a hurricane: http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/prepare/structure.htm
  3. Anatomy of a hurricane: http://hurricane.accuweather.com/adcbin/hurricane/facts.asp?fact=anatomy  
  4. Inside the storm: http://deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurrican/strike/anatomy.htm View this link!

 

Task 4:  Rating Hurricanes - The Saffir-Simpson Scale

Use these websites to complete the task sheet:

  1. Interactive Graphic for Storm Surges - View this link!

  2. Interactive Graphic for Hurricane Intensity -View this link!

  3. NASA: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/saffir-simpson.html
  4. Weather.com: http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/charts/tropical/saffirscale.html 
  5. Severe Weather: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/sevweath/swintensity.html
  6. View of Isabel from space - Landfall North Carolina View this link!

 

Task 5:  Interactive Hurricane Programs

If you have completed tasks # 1-4, you are now ready to make your own hurricanes!  Have fun!

  1. Hurricane Maker: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sns-hc-hurricanemaker.flash
  2. Create-a-Cane: http://deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurrican/strike/canelab.htm
  3. Aim a Hurricane: http://deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurrican/strike/movncane.htm

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