|
Top: Science: Earth_Sciences: Meteorology: Weather_Phenomena: Hurricanes: Education_and_FAQs:
Education and FAQs (15)
Categories:
Regular Links:
Florida Division of Emergency Management 
Division of Emergency Management manages the overall response and recovery efforts to natural and technological disaster response in Florida by integrating resources statewide.
http://www.floridadisaster.org/
Hurricane Blog 
Hurricane news and information. Hurricane and weather science.
http://hurricane.blogcarnival.com/
Hurricane Georges: An Interdisciplinary Lesson 
Teacher's lesson plan about hurricanes. Requires no more than a 486 classroom computer and software downloaded from here. Sponsored by Tools for the Teks: Integrating Technology in the Classroom.
http://wtvi.com/teks/98_99_articles/georges.html
Hurricane Theme Pages 
Gander Academy's web site for student research and teaching activities about hurricanes.
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/hurricanes.htm
Hurricane! Adaptations for Special Needs Students 
A stimulating classroom exercise designed to challenge students, make them think, and encourage them to rise to the demands of real-world problems. The lesson plan includes materials for students who are being mainstreamed into the regular class.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eventscience/ebs.HurricaneSpN.html
Lesson Planning: Hurricane Watch 
Hurricane learning, lesson plans, and science projects for elementary school grades and above, by Education World.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson067.shtml
Movement of Hurricanes 
An explanation of global wind movements and hurricanes from the University of Illinois.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/mvmt.rxml
My Hurricane Tips 
Tips, tools, resources and up to the minute news on the hurricane season.
http://www.myhurricanetips.com
NPR: Hurricane Season 
Animation illustrating the Saffir-Simpson scale and the type of damage caused by each category of hurricanes, and a map showing the path of previous hurricanes from 1850 to today.
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/hurricane/ap/
Science Education Pages 
The National Data Bouy Center, with an interactive Q & A asking such questions as, "What are hurricanes?" and "How do winter storms differ from summer storms?"
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/educate.shtml
Selected Hurricane Readings 
A bibliography of books suitable for middle school, high school, and teachers.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lbi.html
Wind and Sea 
Teachers' and Students' corner providing links to over 100 educational sites of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as well as links to many other Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric educational sites.
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/education.html
|
|
Last Updated: 2007-06-25 12:05:09
|