Introduction
Hurricanes, tornados, floods, and blizzards. Each are potentially dangerous and cause millions of dollars in damage. But which is the MOST severe? Which would cause the least amount of damage? Where do these types of weather occur? It’s up to you to answer these questions!
Task
Greetings! We are planning to move our company, Wham Incorporated, to a different part of the United States because we are not getting any business in the hot desert of Arizona. The four states we are considering are Florida,Texas, California, and New York. However, there is a catch. Each of these four states experience different types of severe weather. Florida experiences hurricanes, Texas has tornados, there are floods in California, and New Yorkencounters blizzards. You have been chosen to evaluate the four extreme weather conditions to determine which state would be the best to relocate to. You have been chosen because we have heard that you have been studying weather in science. We are looking for a place that the severe weather leaves the least amount of damage and we can easily prepare for. Thank you in advance for your help.
Process
- Each one of will become an expert on one type of severe weather. The head meteorologist, (your teacher), will assign you a type of weather and your job is to find out what your type of weather is and how it is formed, how much damage it does and costs, safety precautions to take, and the biggest recorded storm of that nature.
Jobs:
Hurricanes
Tornados
Floods
Blizzards
2. As you are doing your research, you will record the information on a Severe Weather recording sheet. Click on your job below to get your record sheet. When you are ready to come back to this page hit the "Back" button.
3. Now you are ready to research! When you are finished, meet back here you’re your group. Here are some links to help you along. When you are ready to come back to this page, hit the "Back" button.
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/hurricane/#hurricane-aletta.jpg
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/flood/#flood-house.jpg
https://eo.ucar.edu/kids/dangerwx/blizzard3.htm
4. Now that you have become an expert on your weather condition, you need to share this with the members of your group. After sharing, your group must decide which state our business should move to. Please take into consideration that we are looking for a place where the weather does the least amount of damage and we can prepare for with safety precautions.
Florida – Hurricanes
Texas – Tornados
California – Floods
New York – Blizzards
5. Now that you have decided, you must design a poster to present to the company. The poster must include what the weather is, amount of damage and cost, safety precautions, and biggest recorded storm(s). Remember to include pictures! Do your best work because it will be graded. You will also receive a group grade based on how well your group works together.
Continue to see the rubric!