Lesson 3- Day 3

Daily Topic- Hurricanes- Social Studies

Objectives: Define hurricane, determine what conditions are necessary to create a hurricane, Define the
stages of development and recognize the parts of a hurricane

Procedures:

Begin with a brief overview of what they will be learning today, Hurricanes, and then show the
class this Hurricane 101 Video, using this QR Code to get them interested

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Using this website to complete a Hurricane Tracking activity. Go to this site and complete the
activity below: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/archive/ montage/montage.html
1. Using the montages on the site above, plot the tracks of Hurricanes Ike and Katrina on
separate copies of the tracking map you printed.
2. Hold both papers up to light (put them on a window, one on top of the other) and trace the
track of Katrina on the map you just did of Ike using a different color marker or colored pencil.
3. How were the paths different?
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4. What clues does the satellite montage give you to the destruction the storms caused?
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5. Can you tell from the satellite images which storm was worse? How?
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Materials:

Smart board projector

 Internet access for students
Directed browser activity printed

Accommodations: for students struggling with directed browser activity, the option of working in groups
will be provided. Students speaking languages other than English will have their needed language
printed out for them, and translated for their research

Rubric:
 Group Planning -- Research Project : Hurricaes

Teacher Name: Kacky Bertrand

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Ideas/Research Researchers Researchers Researchers Researchers
Questions independently independently identify, with some identify, with
identify at least 4 identify at least 4 adult help, at least considerable adult
reasonable, reasonable 4 reasonable help, 4 reasonable
insightful, creative ideas/questions to ideas/questions to ideas/questions to
ideas/questions to pursue when doing pursue when doing pursue when doing
pursue when doing the research. the research. the research.
the research.
Plan for Organizing Students have Students have Students have Students have no
Information developed a clear developed a clear developed a clear clear plan for
plan for organizing plan for organizing plan for organizing organizing the
the information as the information in the information as information
it is gathered and the final research it is gathered. All AND/OR students
in the final product. All students can in the group
research product. students can independently cannot explain
All students can independently explain most of their
independently explain this plan. this plan. organizational
explain the plan.
planned
organization of the
research findings.
Delegation of Each student in the Each student in the Each student in the One or more
Responsibility group can clearly group can clearly group can, with students in the
explain what explain what minimal prompting group cannot
information is information s/he is from peers, clearly clearly explain
needed by the responsible for explain what what information
group, what locating. information s/he is they are
information s/he is responsible for responsible for
responsible for locating. locating.
locating, and when
the information is
needed.

Date Created: Apr 25, 2017 02:14 pm (CDT)