WebQuests / Collaborative Projects
National
Hurricane Center
The web site for the National Hurricane Center's Tropical Prediction Center.
It links to current storms.
The
Weather Channel
The Weather Channel's web site.
USA
Today: Hurricanes
USA Today page for current hurricanes.
IntelliCast
Tropical Storm Center
Get information about current tropical storms.
TheWhyFiles?
Hurricanes
Information about hurricanes.
Weather
Underground Frequently Asked Questions About Hurricanes
This FAQ is on the topic of hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones. It
contains definitions, answers specific questions, gives information about the
various tropical cyclone basins, provides sites real- time and historical cyclone
information, and gives a book list and references to scientific papers related
to tropical cyclones.
Miami
Museum of Science-Hurricanes
Lots of good information, along with a teacher's guide.
Tropical
Twisters
NASA site about hurricanes.
Hurricane!
A Family Education site with checklists, tracking charts, and information about
hurricanes.
How
Hurricanes are Named
Information about how hurricanes are named with a list of the names used each
year.
Hurricanes:
Nature's Greatest Storms
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration site with lots of information
about hurricanes.
Hurricane
Names
Lists of names for hurricanes and cyclones worldwide for the next six years.
The
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
An explanation of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and how hurricanes are
rated.
Hurricane
Tracking Chart
A hurricane tracking chart that can be printed.
Hurricane
Basics
A pdf file with lots of good general information about hurricanes, hazards,
ratings, etc.
EarthWatch
Hurricane & Tropical Storm Image Archive
An archive of satellite images of hurricanes.
FEMA:
Hurricanes
Good general information about hurricanes from FEMA.
Canadian
Hurricane Centre: Just for Kids!
The Canadian Hurricane Centre provides lots of good general information.
Hurricane
Survival
Good information about
how to prepare for a hurricane.
CNN.com:
Hurricane Special
CNN Student News report on Hurricanes.
Test
Your Hurricane IQ
An online quiz about hurricanes. (Hope you do better than I!)
Hurricane
Awareness Week
The National Hurricane Center's web site for hurricane awareness. (See link
for 'Kids' on left.)
Educational
Weather Education
This page offers information for children,
teens and young adults. Materials range from coloring books, puzzles and games,
to lesson plans, brochures, satellite images, and career information for weather
related fields, such as meteorology, hydrology and climatology.
WeatherNet
Classroom: Nature's Biggest Storms
Information about hurricanes along with classroom activities.
Scholastic
WeatherWatch: Hurricanes!
Information about hurricanes, news about hurricanes, and a teacher's guide.
Playtime
for Kids - Hurricanes
Links from The National Weather Service for kids to get information about hurricanes.
Hurricane
Strike
The Comet Program developed this good multimedia module, but it is not captioned.
KidStorm:
Hurricanes
Answers questions about how hurricanes form and hurricane safety, and provides
links to other sites.
Weather
& Kids - Hurricanes
Basic information about hurricanes.
Weather
Wiz Kids
Information to help kids learn about weather, as well as tools for teachers.
How
Hurricanes Work
How Stuff Works provide this web page to explain how hurricanes work.
ThinkQuest:
Forces of Nature
High School students created this ThinkQuest winning
project that gives information about hurricanes.
American
Experience: The Hurricane of '38
This web page goes along with the PBS edition of American Experience on The
Hurricane of '38.
FEMA
for Kids: Hurricanes
Information for kids.
Web
Weather for Kids: Hurricanes
How hurricanes impact our lives and how they form.
NOAA
Research: Hurricanes
Information, activities, and links on hurricanes.
Understanding
& Tracking Hurricanes
Good hurricane resources.
A
Hurricane Hunter's Photo Album
A hurricane hunter shares photos he took on some of his missions.
WebQuests / Collaborative Projects
In
the Eye of the Storm
A WebQuest designed for 5th-grade students. Their task is to investigate hurricanes
in Florida.
Welcome
Mayor ... Have a Hurricane!
This WebQuest was designed for grades 7-12. As mayor, they must decide whether
to evacuate due to an approaching hurricane.
Hurricanes
and Tornadoes
Students join the National Weather Service as a stormtracker intern. They must
learn about either hurricanes or tornadoes and then share the information their
their colleagues.
Event-Based
Science: Hurricane!
Designed for middle-school science, this module requires teams of students to
become experts that must publish a newspaper account of an approaching hurricane.
WebQuest:
Hurricanes
Good questions and resources about hurricanes.
Hurricane
Virtual Field Trip
A Virtual Field trip of a hurricane.
Tornadoes
vs Hurricanes
Students pair up. One studies hurricanes and the other studies tornadoes. After
their research, they debate which is more violent and create a poster.
An
Internet WebQuest: Hurricanes!
Students must learn about tropical depressions and storms in order to determine
if they should prepare for a hurricane.
Twisted
Tornadoes and Horrid Hurricanes
The students become "experts" who must decide whether to build a museum
in Texas - Tornado Alley, or in Florida - a hotbed of hurricane activity.
Hurricanes
Theme Page
Research topics on hurricanes, with activities and tasks.
Hurricane
WebQuest
Students must work with the Red Cross to prepare a community hurricane disaster
education program.
Hurricane
& Tornado WebQuest
Students must study both hurricanes and tornadoes. Then they must prepare a
news broadcast as if one of these storms was headed their way.
Hurricanes!
WebQuest
Students study hurricanes and then answer questions and perform tasks as instructed.
Hurricane
WebQuest
Some of the links on this lesson don't work, but the questions might be helpful
for other purposes.
Gone
with the Wind
Students work in pairs to research and record information about hurricanes.
The
Winds of Change
Learning activities based on hurricanes, culminating in a WebQuest.
Hurricane
Hunters of the East Coast
Students become experts that discover causes and categories of hurricanes. They
will examine and report warning and safety precautions issued that relate to
advance forecasting.
Determine
Causes and Components of Hurricanes
A lesson plan to help students identify and explain causes of hurricanes, and
determine the relationship between wind direction and temperature.
WebQuest:
Hurricanes
Students will create and present a presentation and a lab report on the topic
of hurricane safety and damage prevention.
The
Great Hurricane
The task is to research three things: the damage a hurricane could do to New
York City, what the city plans to do to save lives if a hurricane hits, and
what improvements could be made to existing policies.
Hurricane
Scavenger Hunt
Questions with links to sites where students can find answers.
Tornado,
Hurricane WebQuest
After a major storm hits the area, students form a news team and report breaking
news to the community.
Hurricane
Adjectives Worksheet
A worksheet that asks for adjectives to describe a noun (that you provide).
BrainPop:
Hurricane Movie
Good informational animated movie on hurricanes (not captioned).
Hurricane
Alert!
Students create a presentation about the effect of hurricanes on a community.
Horrific
Hurricanes
From GRITS (Great Resources for Integrating Technology in Schools), this WebQuest
is for Grades 4-8. Students must study a specific hurricane that has affected
their area and must then complete the activities.
Mother
Nature's Fury
This GRITS WebQuest was designed for Grades 3-5. As writers for Hurricane Digest,
students must research hurricanes so that they can write an exciting article.
Alert!
Hurricane Warning!
This GRITS WebQuest was designed for Grades 6-8. As writers for Hurricane Digest,
students must research hurricanes so that they can write a gripping article.
Hurricanes
and Tornadoes: An Elementary Science WebQuest
Students must develop a brochure that will educate newcomers to the area about
hurricanes.
Extreme
Weather: Hurricanes
Elementary students must be the hurricane and present their research from that
perspective.
Hurricane
WebQuest
Students must take the position of a hurricane and present their information.
Hurricane
This 4 2 eXplore activity includes definitions, activities, 4 good starting
points, and many more links and resources about hurricanes.
Weather
WebQuest
As members of a Housing Explorer Team, students must explore the weather for
new colonies and make suggestions for housing.
The
Magic School Bus-Hurricane Adventure WebQuest
Students must read The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane and research hurricanes.
Then they must use the information to write their own adventure.s
WebQuest
on Hurricanes
Students research weather and hurricanes and then create a project.
In
the "Eye" of the Storm
Students take the role of tornado expert, hurricane expert, meterologist, tornado
survivor, or hurricane survivor. From that perspective, they must debate whether
hurricanes or tornado cause greater damage to society.
Hurricane
2000
Students must take up various roles in order to develop a 60-minute special
CNN report on Hurricane Floyd.
Hurricane
tutorial by middleschoolscience.com
Students complete tasks to learn about tutorials.
Hurricane!
Help Us Prepare!
Students are part of a team evaluating the effects of Hurricane Iniki (in Hawaii)
to create a plan to prevent future problems.
Hurricane!
- Weather Lesson Plan
This discoveryschool.com lesson is designed for Grades 6-8. Students learn about
wind speed and water depth, and how they affect the height of waves in a hurricane.
Hurricane
Watch! Lesson Planning
This site provides information about hurricanes and suggests activities across
all curriculum areas.
Severe
Weather: Hurricanes!
Your weather team reviews the action
of Hurricane Andrew (1992) in preparation for tracking, analyzing, and predicting
the course of a new hurricane that may threaten North America this school year.
Hurricane
WebQuest
Questions with links to other sites with the answers.
Hurricane
Websearch
Questions and activities following research on hurricanes.
Help!
Hurricane?
Working solo, the student must quickly find information about hurricanes.
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A good book to accompany a unit on hurricanes is
The Cay, by Theodore Taylor. You can find a list of resources at:
http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/content/thecay.html
Another good book would be My Louisiana Sky, by Kimberly Willis Holt. The hurricane from this book actually hit Louisiana in 1957. There is a WebQuest for this book at http://www.jessamine.k12.ky.us/wjms/Webquests/LouisianaS/