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The Earth's Landscape#156
Students define a word from the natural disaster list, find a location in the world where this type of disaster has occurred and discuss what they have identified. They design a crossword puzzle of natural disaster words or check a...
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Weather Words
Students brainstorm and define five terms for precipitation, discuss reasons why English language includes various terms for wet weather, and create word games such as jumbles, word searches, or crossword puzzles with weather terms.
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Vocabulary Practice Worksheet 3
In this vocabulary building worksheet, students complete ten sentences with the correct key word from the word bank. All sentences pertain to weather and storm evacuations.
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Vocabulary Practice: Complete the Sentences With Words From the Word Pool
In this vocabulary worksheet, students analyze ten sentences that have missing words. Students complete the sentences with the correct words from the word list.
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Weather
In this science learning exercise, students find the words that are related to the weather and the answers are found when clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Weather Vocabulary Exercise
In this English vocabulary skills activity, students answer 12 multiple choice and 10 fill in the blank questions regarding weather-related terms.
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Spelling List 33: Sight Words, Greek Root Anti, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling worksheet, students practice their spelling words that include sight words, Greek root anti, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words.
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The Weather
Fourth graders investigate how weather conditions and phenomena occur and how they can be predicted. They complete an internet search. Students create a weather fact sheet over a selected weather phenomenon.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Hurricanes Form
This animation from NASA illustrates the phases in the formation of a hurricane.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Interesting Facts About Hurricanes
An ebook (with some embedded ads) that describes the characteristics and behavior of hurricanes, which are really the same phenomenon as typhoons and cyclones, and the damage caused by them.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Hurricanes
Whether you know it as hurricanes, typhoons, or cyclones, these dangerous storms are described in this article.
Other
Kidstorm: Hurricanes
Get the facts on hurricanes with this detailed information page. This page includes photos, charts and satellite images.
NASA
Nasa: Hurricanes
Learn about hurricanes and how they are created. Features include video animation, the histories of the most devastating hurricanes and topics such as hurricane naming and hurricane study.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Cool Facts and Tips on Hurricanes
Do you know what was the most destructive hurricane? Provides an explanation of a hurricane while exploring how they form, how they are measured and classified, effects, and how they get their names.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Hurricanes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how a hurricane forms and its effects.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Where Do Hurricanes Form
If you are looking for a hurricane, head to the tropics just north and south of the equator.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Hurricanes in the News
Get familiar with the causes of hurricanes and what "feeds the monster[s]."
Science Struck
Science Struck: Typhoon vs. Hurricane vs. Tornado
Looks at the linguistic origins, geographical targets, and seasonal occurrence of typhoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Geography Phenomenon: Hurricanes
Describes how ocean currents affect climates around the world and the impact of the Gulf Stream, which can cause hurricanes to form. The role of wind patterns in the Caribbean is also discussed.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Hazards and Risk Management: Tropical Storms
This learning module looks at tropical storms. It explains the characteristics of a tropical storm, how they form, how they are predicted, and their frequency. Includes student tasks, graphs, videos, and an interactive animation of...
NOAA
Noaa: Century's Top Weather, Water and Climate Events
Discover what experts view as the top weather related events of the 20th century, get background information on them and see photos. Some of the events covered are the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the 1930s Dust Bowl, Hurricanes Camille...
Geographypods
Geographypods: Hazards and Risk Management: Adjustments and Responses
In this learning module, students learn about disaster responses, the three types (short, medium, and long-term) and the different levels of response (local, national, and international). They examine the responses in various case...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica Research Center: Describe Different Weather Patterns
This module provides informational text about weather. Students will learn about precipitation and storm fronts. Students will also learn about different types of storms, including the following: hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons.