SEVERE WEATHER LASHAWNS CLASS HAS BEEN STUDYING WEATHER

SEVERE WEATHER

LASHAWN’S CLASS HAS BEEN STUDYING WEATHER. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO STUDY A TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER AND CREATE A PROJECT ABOUT IT. LASHAWN DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HIS MOTHER SUGGESTED HE MAKE A LIST OF THE TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER AND PICK THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING TO HIM. WHAT TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER DO YOU THINK LASHAWN INCLUDED ON HIS LIST?

SEVERE WEATHER TYPES • LET’S CREATE A TREE MAP OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER.

SEVERE WEATHER • WHAT DO YOU THINK THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES AND HURRICANES HAVE IN COMMON?

THUNDERSTORMS • RECORD IN YOUR SCIENCE NOTEBOOK THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND WHAT YOU THINK MAKES THEM DANGEROUS.

THUNDERSTORMS • LET’S WATCH A SHORT VIDEO ON THUNDERSTORMS AND SAFETY DURING A THUNDERSTORM. • HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=KCL 0 MEJ 2 R 6 K

SEVERE WEATHER • THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE WEATHER ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH TYPE OF STORM. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE DIFFERENT EFFECTS AND THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH CONDITION.

THUNDERSTORMS • A THUNDERSTORM IS A SEVERE STORM WITH LIGHTNING, THUNDER, HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. • HAIL MAY ALSO FORM. • SOME EXAMPLES OF THE EFFECTS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE FLOODING, LIGHTNING CAN CAUSE FIRES, STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW OVER TREES OR POWERLINES.

WHAT INFERENCES CAN YOU MAKE FROM THIS PICTURE? WHAT IS YOUR EVIDENCE?

TORNADOES • THE PICTURE SHOWS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO IN FERGUS FALLS, MINNESOTA ON JUNE 22, 1919. THERE WERE 228 HOMES DESTROYED AND 57 PEOPLE KILLED. • HOW CAN A TORNADO CAUSE THAT KIND OF DAMAGE? WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TORNADO? DO TORNADOES AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON? •

TORNADOES • HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=H 3 Z 50 ZX_RMM

TORNADOES • A TORNADO IS A SMALL, FUNNEL-SHAPED CLOUD THAT COMES DOWN FROM A STORM CLOUD WITH WINDS SPINNING AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS. • SOME EXAMPLES OF EFFECTS OF TORNADOES MAY BE WINDS TEARING APART BUILDINGS, EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH GETTING DESTROYED.

HURRICANES

THE GALVESTON HURRICANE OF 1900

THE GALVESTON HURRICANE • DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE HURRICANE AND STORM SURGE WAS THE GREATEST NATURAL DISASTER IN TERMS OF LOSS OF LIFE IN US HISTORY. BETWEEN 6, 000 AND 7, 000 DIED.

HURRICANES

HURRICANES • HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=HJYDFJORWF 4

HURRICANES • A HURRICANE IS A LARGE STORM THAT FORMS OVER WARM OCEAN WATER WITH VERY STRONG WINDS THAT BLOW IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN AROUND THE CENTER, OR EYE OF THE STORM. • EFFECTS OF A HURRICANE MAY BE TREES BEING BLOWN OVER, FLOODING AND DAMAGE TO COASTAL AREAS.