Hurricanes are fascinating and very much in the news lately. We've been learning about longitude and latitude by tracking tropical storms on our own maps. By tracking these storms, we're learning how to use the lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location. We're also learning about how scientists gather and track data.
We've been using the Hurricane Tracker from Weather.com. Here is the link:
http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker
This site has great data that is updated frequently. As a class, we enjoyed studying the graphics and figuring out what the different colors mean. How does it show a Category 1 hurricane? How does it show a tropical storm? How is a Category 5 storm represented?
Students have great questions about hurricanes! If you're looking for more information and other activities, you can visit this National Geographic site.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/07/stormy.html
We were also interested in exploring the names for hurricanes. Here is a list of names for future storms.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
If you're looking for more activities and interactives, you can find other resources at the FEMA website.
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm
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