Here is a video that explains what makes weather severe. Below, you will find information about different types of extreme/severe weather.
RESOURCES:
http://www.ready.gov/kids This website provides resources for parents, children and educators as to how to prepare for severe weather as well as factual information that is important for a multitude of extreme weather types. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/ This website provides helpful information and visuals for both teachers and kids. This website would be great for differentiation based on student knowledge. http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-thunderstorms.htm Discusses brief facts on the stages and other information on a thunderstorm, safety tips as well as including several hands on activities and demonstrations that model the features of a thunderstorm. http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm This website talks about the formation of hurricanes, has many diagrams and pictures, talks about the vocabulary word, and the stages of the hurricanes. It is a great resources because of how much it covers without getting too wordy. It is very kid friendly therefore the children are able to comprehend the information easily. Fiction and Nonfiction Resources - SlideshowConcept Planner
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Words to Know:
Thunderstorms Cumulonimbus - A dense and vertically developed cloud that produces thunderstorms Downdraft - A sudden descent of cool or cold air to the ground, usually with precipitation Lightning - An enormous and very hot spark of electricity produced by thunderstorms Updraft - A warm column of air that rises within a cloud Tornados Funnel Cloud-A rotating column of air coming down from a cloud but not touching the ground. Fujita Scale-A way of categorizing tornadoes in relation to damage done and estimated wind speed. The scale is from F0 to F6. Hurricanes Cyclones-closed, rotating wind that goes counterclockwise Eyewall-band of thunder clouds Eye-winds blow in the spiral around the calm, roughly circular center Earthquakes Earthquake- A natural event that occurs when huge pieces of Earth’s crust, called tectonic plates, interact with each other. Faults- weak spots in Earth’s crust created by shifting plates. Magnitude – A measure of an earthquake’s strength. The intensity of an earthquake is measured on a scale from 0 to 10. Earthquakes that have a magnitude of 7.0 or higher are considered major quakes. Epicenter – The point on Earth’s surface that is directly above where an earthquake started underground (called the focus or hypocenter). Tectonic plates – Giant interlocking slabs of rock that make up Earth’s rocky outer layer, or crust. As they move, the plates pull apart from, collide into, slide against, or slide over or under one another. |