Tracking tornadoes
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A lesson plan for Grade 7 Science
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- Appropriate grades
- 7
- Subjects
- science (meteorology)
- Provider
- National Geographic
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In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will learn about how tornadoes are formed and how they are rated according to intensity. They will use the Internet to learn where tornados occur most frequently, what kind of damage they cause, how they are predicted, and current scientific research into them.
Students will:
- learn where most tornadoes form and why;
- map the ten deadliest tornadoes in history;
- look at photographs and video clips of tornadoes and read news stories about them;
- research tornadoes in small groups and present results to the class; and
- write a newspaper article about a fictional tornado and its impact on a small town.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 7
- Goal 3: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of the atmosphere.
- Objective 3.05: Examine evidence that atmospheric properties can be studied to predict atmospheric conditions and weather hazards:
- Humidity.
- Temperature.
- Wind speed and direction.
- Air pressure.
- Precipitation.
- Tornados.
- Hurricanes.
- Floods.
- Storms.
- Objective 3.06: Assess the use of technology in studying atmospheric phenomena and weather hazards:
- Satellites.
- Weather maps.
- Predicting.
- Recording.
- Communicating information about conditions.
- Objective 3.05: Examine evidence that atmospheric properties can be studied to predict atmospheric conditions and weather hazards:
