Contents

Introduction

Task 1

Task 2

Task
3

Task 4

Task 5

Hurricanes

by Liz LaRosa

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/

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

determine what conditions are necessary to
create a hurricane

locate where hurricanes form and travel to
within the Atlantic ocean

know when hurricane season starts and
ends

define the stages of development and
recognize the parts of a hurricane

explain how the intensities of
hurricanes are measured and the damage they inflict

understand how hurricanes are
named

make your own hurricanes

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.

Naming Hurricanes: http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/hurricanes4.html

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.

Hurricane Season: http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/hurricanes1f.html

Interactive:
How hurricanes form View
this link!

Typical Northern Hemisphere hurricane: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/whurwhat/whurwhat.htm

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:

Watch this BrainPOP movie and take the online
quiz: http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/hurricanes/index.weml
View this link!

Structure of a hurricane: http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/prepare/structure.htm

Anatomy of a hurricane: http://hurricane.accuweather.com/adcbin/hurricane/facts.asp?fact=anatomy

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:

Interactive Graphic for Storm Surges - View this link!

Interactive Graphic for Hurricane Intensity -View this link!

NASA: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/saffir-simpson.html

Weather.com: http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/charts/tropical/saffirscale.html

Severe Weather: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/sevweath/swintensity.html

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!

Hurricane Maker: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sns-hc-hurricanemaker.flash

Create-a-Cane: http://deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurrican/strike/canelab.htm

Aim a Hurricane: http://deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurrican/strike/movncane.htm

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/
2003