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An integrated weather unit of six lessons incorporating interaction with the Internet and hands-on
collaborative, problem solving activities for students in grades four through six.
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEred/WeatherHome.html
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Hurricane Andrew for 4th Graders
Outline of a 4th grade lesson plan taking 5 days which uses video, an audio tape, and various other
teaching aids.
http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/1995/andrew.html
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Classroom Activities: The Pacific Rim
6 classroom learning activities about the Pacific, including "Monsoon Madness." Provided
by Florida Geographic Alliance.
http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/academy/auspac.htm
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Ask A Hurricane Hunter
FAQs about hurricanes, particularly for students and teachers. Offers to answer questions submitted
by e-mail.
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/askus.htm
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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
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Miami Museum of Science-Hurricane Main Menu
Superb science lessons and explanations.
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/
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Hurricane Dynamics
Researchers at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of Princeton University use mathematical
models to study the genesis, development, and decay of tropical disturbances, thermo-hydrodynamical
processes, small-scale features of hurricane systems, and the formation of organized spiral bands.
http://www.gfdl.gov/hurricane.html
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American Meteorological Society
Chief sponsor of the annual Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. More generally, AMS
promotes the development, dissemination, information and education on the atmospheric and related
oceanic and hydrologic sciences.
http://www.ametsoc.org/ams/
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Hurricane Theme Pages
Gander Academy's web site for student research and teaching activities about hurricanes.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/hurricanes.htm
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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/
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Gander Academy's Hurricane Resources on the World Wide Web
This site from Gander Academy is designed for primary and secondary students and teachers. It
presents a series of web pages listing hurricane related resources on the World Wide Web, plus
interactive hurricane tracking maps for three famous storms.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/hurricanes.htm?
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Hurricanes as Heat Engines
Teacher lesson plans, movies, and activities to teach about hurricanes.
http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/education_dir/hurricaneheat.html
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How Stuff Works: Hurricanes
Three-part explanation of hurricanes, with many related links.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm
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How Do People Cope with Typhoons in Japan?
A brief description is by the Japanese Information Network.
http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/calendar/september/typhoon.html
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FAQ: Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones
An excellent, detailed, and up to date catalogue of commonly asked questions and answers, with
additional links for more information.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
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Selected Hurricane Readings
A bibliography of books suitable for middle school, high school, and teachers.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lbi.html
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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
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Teacher's Guide to Hurricane Science
On-going field test of an elementary school teacher's hurricane learning sequence, sponsored by the
Miami Museum of Science.
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/hurricane0.html
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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
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Lesson Planning: Hurricane Watch
Hurricane learning, lesson plans, and science projects for elementary school grades and above, by
Education World.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson076.shtml
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Emergency Education Quiz
Fun quiz asking all kinds of weather questions, some of which related to hurricanes.
http://www.beprepared.com/Articles/Education.html
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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
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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
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