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Hurricanes and Climate Lesson PlanHurricanes and Climate Lesson Plan
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Center Science Education
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5th - 9th
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2009
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Hurricanes and Climate

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Feeling under the weather? This lesson plan on hurricanes can whip things up! With professionally designed maps and handouts, teach your future weathermen (or women) where, when, and how hurricanes occur. They identify hurricane regions and graph annual numbers of hurricanes. Include in the discussion how hurricane patterns have been changing over time. This extreme weather resource is a gem to add to your meteorology or atmosphere curriculum!

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hurricanes, severe weather

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extreme weather, hurricane, science

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