Introduction
This just in, we have reports that a HUUGE storm is headed for South Texas! This isn't just any storm.
This is a category 5
Hurricanes are no laughing matter and can be very dangerous.
You need to become the best Junior Meteorologist (Weather Person) around so you can learn about this storm and let the citizens of South Texas know if they need to hunker down in their homes or run for the hills! Click on the TASK tab to see what we need to research.
Task
Hello there Junior Meteorologist!
It is important to be able to save South Texas from this massive hurricane! Did you know that on average 10 hurricanes hit the United States in 1 year? Half of these hurricanes devastate Texas shorelines!
For this webquest your TASK is to answer these three questions.
1. What Is A Hurricane?
2. How Do They Occur?
3. Why Are Category 5 Hurricanes Dangerous?
After sucessfully answering these 3 questions you have the challenge of preparing your own Hurricane Survival Pack! In this pack you must create a list of the 5 most important things you need in case of a hurricane. Along with reasoning to why you need them!
You will learn how to answer these three questions and create your very own Hurricane Survival Pack through the PROCESS section.
Are you ready to start? Let's suit up and dive in!
Process
Alrighty Junior Meterologist it's time to work together and answer our 3 questions!
Question One: What Is A Hurricane?
Head over to this website and find out. Once you do, as a group write a short answer using the information you found! http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm
Question Two: How Do They Occur?
Hurricanes are the most violent storms on Earth! They form near the equator over warm ocean waters. Using this website read more about how hurricanes form. Then calculate how strong a category 5 is using their chart! http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/
Question Three:Why Are Category 5 Hurricanes Dangerous?
As you know from calculating earlier a category 5 hurricane has a wind speed of at least 155 mph or higher. This can cause crazy damage!! Go to this website then list 3 things a hurricane can cause this will help you to better understand the danger. http://disasterpreparer.com/hurricanes-understand-the-dangers/
Now that you understand what a hurricane is its time to build your very own Hurricane Survival Pack! 
This website http://hurricanesafety.org/prepare/hurricane-safety-checklists/ will help you to identify just what you need. Make a list with the 5 things you think are the most important and give short sentence explanations as to why you chose them.
Evaluation
Time to evaluate your work meterologists, use the below table to determine how many points you recieved! If you got all 15 points congratulations you saved Texas from the major hurricane!
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Categories |
Excellent 5 Points |
Average 3 Points |
Poor 1 Point |
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Communication Skills |
All members communicated and worked together. |
Some members communicated and worked together. |
No members communicated and overall did not work well together. |
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Hurricane Survival Pack Creation |
Accumulated all 5 items to fill the survival pack. Along with giving reasoning as to why each item is needed. |
Accumulated three of the necessary items to fill the survival pack. Gave a few sentence explantion for the items. |
Accumulated two or less of the necessary items to fill the survival pack. Gave little to no reasoning for the listed items. |
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Correct Answers
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Answered all 3 questions correctly |
Answered two questions correctly |
Answered one question correctly |
Conclusion
YOU SAVED SOUTH TEXAS!!!
Hopefully you completed the task's successfully. South Texas has been hit but thanks to you nobody got hurt! You learned so much about Hurricanes, and even learned how to make your own survival pack. Be sure and keep these skills handy, especially if you live near the gulf coast!