Middle school earth scientists describe the behavior of the Coriolis force. They compare and contrast conditions under which the Coriolis force has a significant impact with conditions under which it has very little. They model the...

Students study natural disasters. In this Chinese and Burmese disasters lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about earthquakes and cyclones and their devastating effect on the 2 countries. Students...

Students complete activities that lead to greater understanding of the variety of natural disasters that occur all over the world.

Students investigate extreme weather patterns. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to study hurricanes and their causes. Students write reports on their findings.

In this science worksheet, students look at the symbols on the map and make interpretations about temperature or other conditions to master the weather knowledge in the four problems.

Students investigate maps and data to learn about the connections between hurricanes and climate. In this exploratory lesson students describe and graph the 6 regions where hurricanes happen and discuss how hurricanes have changed over...

While this can be technical, if you want to know about this powerful hurricane, look here. This report is from Sept. 1998. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]

From ABC News in Science, Judy Skatssoon's article discusses the findings of a report group which suggest that tropical cyclones cannot be blamed on climate change.

Brief article reports that over a half a million people have been from India due to the threat of a massive cyclone.

January 2014 article about Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State University's men's basketball coach. This article discusses his career to date at Iowa State but looks at his background, both as a player and as a member of the community as well.

In Spanish. Article reports on a storm threatening India that has required the evacuation of nearly half a million people.