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Storms: storm safety, storm information, storm ingredients
Children on a playground use creativity and their imaginations to simulate the many different types of storms found on Earth. From thunderstorms to wind storms, to snow storms and rain storms, to hurricanes and tornadoes, the children...
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Understanding Point of View in Writing
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of point of view in writing, specifically focusing on the first person and third person perspectives. They provide examples and guide students through a practice activity to revise a story...
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Transforming Indirect Speech into Direct Speech
In this video, the teacher explains the difference between indirect and direct speech in writing. They provide examples and guide students through the process of changing indirect speech into direct speech to make characters and stories...
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Weather Things: Thunderstorm Wind
Lightning is spectacular, from a distance. It's nature's way of transferring electricity within the sky, or between the sky and the ground. When lightning is nearby, it is a threat to safety. People are struck by lightning, in many cases...
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Weather Things: Spring
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
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Storms: Weather jokes and credits
Children on a playground use creativity and their imaginations to simulate the many different types of storms found on Earth. From thunderstorms to wind storms, to snow storms and rain storms, to hurricanes and tornadoes, the children...
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Weather Things: Tornado Formation
Over a thousand tornadoes happen every year in the United States but only few dozen take lives. Most tornadoes are brief and weak but the tornadoes that are large and powerful can wipe homes off their foundations. Tornadoes only come...
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Storms: rain, floods, flash floods
Children on a playground use creativity and their imaginations to simulate the many different types of storms found on Earth. From thunderstorms to wind storms, to snow storms and rain storms, to hurricanes and tornadoes, the children...
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Weather Things: Seasonal Changes
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
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Weather Things: Causes of Seasons:
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
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Weather Things: Autumn
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
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Storms: hurricanes
Children on a playground use creativity and their imaginations to simulate the many different types of storms found on Earth. From thunderstorms to wind storms, to snow storms and rain storms, to hurricanes and tornadoes, the children...
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Engaging Beginnings: Hooking Your Reader
In this video, the teacher discusses different techniques that writers use to engage their readers and focuses on constructing an engaging beginning for a narrative. The teacher explains the three strategies of using actions, dialogue,...
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Weather Things: Weather
The atmosphere is dynamic and forever changing to maintain balance. The ingredients of air, sunlight and water allow life to exist on Earth, but they also generate calm scenes like rainbows, as a tornado ends. All storms move moisture,...
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Understanding the Structure of Narrative Writing
In this lesson, students practice revising a draft about writing narratives with a focus on the beginning, middle and end narrative sequence. A video models the thought process writers use to apply the targeted skill and improve their...
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Why is B.C. suddenly getting tornado warnings?
New ReviewBritish Columbia isn’t exactly known for tornadoes. On average, the province only sees about one a year. But this season, the Prince George area alone had two rounds of tornado warnings, and the number of reported tornadoes in the...
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Powerful Storm Pounds Southern California With Rain, Snow
A cold and blustery winter storm unleashed downpours and extensive snowfall on Southern California, triggering a tornado and snarling post-Christmas travel on major routes Thursday.
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Need 2 Know: Georgia Reopening Day, Trump's Comments
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Friday, April 24, 2020.
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Ottawa's Arlington Woods prepares for the holidays just months after being struck by tornado
Holiday celebrations in Ottawa's Arlington Woods neighbourhood usually look picture perfect: snow-dusted white pines and rows of homes adorned in twinkling lights. Not this year. After a tornado hit, dozens of people were forced to move...
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Tornado victims salvage belongings, prepare for rain
Victims of tornadoes that tore through Ontario and Quebec are rushing to salvage their belongings and prepare for forecasted rain that could do further damage to their homes.
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Lack of insurance has tornado victims fearing future
Many of them will now have to rely on the Red Cross, assistance from the government and community donations to get by in the short term.
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This small metal bracket could mitigate tornado damage
They only cost $1 and can prevent a roof from falling off; researchers say it's a simple solution and not costly, but they’ve encountered reluctance from the construction industry to make them mandatory.
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Tornado victims share what's left of their homes with CBC
Tornado victims in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Arlington Woods shared what's left of their homes and belongings with CBC News.
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Need 2 Know: Tornado Watch in Effect, and Kavanaugh Will Face Accuser
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know.