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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore various topics about tornadoes, including where they occur most frequently, what kind of damage they cause, how they are predicted, and current scientific research. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students evaluate the quality of information they find on the Internet. They determine the criteria to evaluate a website's reliability, research an event from three sources, and complete a chart that compares/contrasts the quality of information from each website. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students work together to analyze data of tornadoes throughout the United States. They develop a bar graph of the data and calculate the median and mode. They discover how engineers use tables and graphs to display their information. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students work together to review what they know about damage during tornadoes. They design a structure that they hope protects people against tornadoes. They share their structure with the class. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discuss the different types of tornadoes and how they form. Working in groups, they record journal entries by conducting experiments with water bottles simulating vortex formation. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study data about tornadoes in the United States while completing a worksheet. They develop a bar graph showing the number of tornadoes for the top ten states in the US. They find the median and mode of the data set. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students work in small groups to design a structure that will withstand and protect people from tornadoes. They discuss how tornadoes damage structures, read a handout, and create a poster that includes the name of their engineering firm and a picture of their structure. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research tornadoes to find out what they are, how they begin, and the sort of damage they can cause. They make a "tornado" in a bottle and write a brief description of a real tornado, including an explanation of its causes and effects. Full Review »
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