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Severe Weather Action Plan

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Young scholars obtain and review copies of school's severe weather action plan (if one exists) and discuss how plan can be used in an actual severe weather emergency; if no plan exists, students develop, write, edit, and present one to school principal.

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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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