Transcript Hurricanes Tornados Disasters

Science
Social Studies
Technology
Language Arts
Mathematics
Earth
Meteorology
Life
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Water Cycle
Clouds
Precipitation
Air Pressure/
Temperature
 Wind
 Storms
Stratus
Nimbostratus
Cumulus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
Condensation
Precipitation
Evaporation
Rain
Sleet
Snow
Hail
 Air pressure is affected by:
– The air above it
– Temperature
 Temperature
– How warm is the air?
 Wind is moving air
 Wind speed – how fast the air is moving
 Caused by uneven heating of the earth’s air
 Most common storm = thunderstorms
 United States has more tornados than any
other country
 Tropical storms become hurricanes if wind
speed reaches 74 mph
Weather affects our daily lives.
 How does it affect humans?
 How does it affect plants?
 How does it affect animals?
 Uses instruments
 Forecasts weather
 Weather patterns are observed
Geography
Disasters
Personal
Hurricanes
Tornados
 Where you live will
determine
– The seasons you will
experience
– The temperature
– The amount and types
of precipitation
Why do we care about the weather?
 It affects how you dress
 It is dependent upon where you live
 It can affect what you eat
Has expanded our ability
to study the weather.
•Internet
•Instruments
Thermometer
Wind Vane Anemometer
Barometer
Rain Gauge
Local
Weather
http://www.weather.com
Storm
Tracking
Literature
Research
Activities with this lesson:
Song: include 4 elements of the water cycle
Poem: include 4 types of precipitation
Windy Writing: how wind works for us
Tornado Novel, The Tornado Watches: creative
stories
 Trade Books
 Internet
– “The Cloud Book”
– http://www.noaa.gov
– “The Weather Sky”
– http://www.tornadoproject.com
– “The Magic School Bus – http//www.weather.com
Inside a Hurricane”
– “The Magic School Bus
Kicks Up a Storm”
– “Wild Weather
Blizzards”
– “Hurricanes and
Tornadoes”
We will collect data and
then construct graphs
using the data.
We will measure:
 Temperature
 Wind speed
 Amount of rainfall
We will graph the following:
 Bar graph of average temperature of each
month
 Line graph of anemometer readings (wind
speed)
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Storm sounds on picture on slide 4 from CD package handed out in class
(mouse over and click=different sounds)
Stratus cloud picture on slide 6 from mkcamel.w.interia.pl/images/
stratus%20st.jpg
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Cumulus, cirrus and nimbostratus pictures on slide 6 from
www.usatoday.com/weather/ wcumulus.htm
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Cumulonimbus picture on slide 6 from spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/
cumulonimbus.jpg
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Rain picture on slide 7 from www.christiananswers.net/ q-aig/aigc010.html
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Snow picture on slide 7 from pigallery.designheaven.com/winterscenes/
snowing-01.jpg
Thermometer on Slide 8 from http://office.microsoft.com/clipart
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Wind picture on Slide 9 from http://office.microsoft.com/clipart
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Storm sound on Slide 10 http://office.microsoft.com/clipart
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Thermometer picture on Slide 18 from www.cvps.com/current/ warmcozy.shtml
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Anemometer picture on Slide 18 from
http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/en
ergy/anemometer.html
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Barometer picture on Slide 18 from www.runnymede.com/ expertise.htm
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Rain gauge picture on Slide 18 from www.tracker-outdoors.com/
rain_gauges.htm
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Weather maps on Slide 19 from www.weather.com
Graph picture on Slide 25 from http://office.microsoft.com/clipart