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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students explore how tornadoes are the most violent storms on earth. Raging at speeds of up to 300 miles per hour, their awesome winds can flip cars through the air like leaves, snap trees like matchsticks, and reduce entire towns to kindling. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students discover facts about tornadoes. They discuss them, share stories and do an art project sharing their information. They investigate what storms and tornadoes really are and know what tornado alley is. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students examine the causes and effects of tornadoes. They create a plan with their family on what to do in the event of a tornado. They use the internet to gather more information on tornado safety and write an essay about what they have discovered. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students explore the concepts of hurricanes and tornadoes. By studying the scientific processes that these violent conditions undergo, students be more prepared for these types of violent weather. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the characteristics and types of tornadoes. They discuss how they are formed, conduct an experiment with two liter bottles, analyze data and determine mean and median, and design a house to withstand tornado-force winds Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore tornadoes, the damage they cause, and how to rate tornadoes. They will investigate the Fujita Damage Scale of tornado intensity, and use it to complete a mock engineering analysis of damage caused by a tornado. Lastly, they will evaluate some basic tornado safety procedures. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students study and explore severe weather and tornados-where they come from, what to do during a tornado watch and warning, etc. They develop a severe weather safety plan, make a tornado survival kit, and discover how to use a weather radio. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students explore cause and effect in texts. They identify the cause and effect in both fiction and nonfiction texts. Students discuss how to locate the cause and effect. Students read an informational article aloud and they discuss the cause and effect in the texts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students develop a tornado preparation guide for his/her family. They graph the occurrences of significant tornadoes in South Carolina from 1990-2001 by month and graph the summary of injuries caused by tornadoes from 1950-2001 by month to determine patterns of South Carolina's "tornado season". Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students review what they recall about tornadoes. They discuss what a tornado is like, what kind of damage a tornado can do to homes and other structures, and how a tornado is formed. Students brainstorm how engineers and architects could create and test designs for tornado-proof buildings. Full Review »
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