Topic:
Hurricanes

Type of Web activity:
data acquisition, graphing,

Materials / Software needed:

• Web browser
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Black and White Printer( laser or Inkjet )
• colored pencils (7 colors needed)

Audience:
Student
Teacher

Grade Level:
8 - 12

Time involved:
1 class period to plot tracks of historic hurricanes; several days to plot currents hurricanes

Created on:
8/1/00...

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Hurricanes are cyclonic storms in the ocean. they are known by different names around the world; hurricane in the Atlantic and eastern pacific ocean, cyclones in ______,

typhoons in the _________.

Hurricane data and satellite images are readily available on the Internet. This provides students an opportunity to use real data for their study of weather.

TEACHERS PREPARATION: