Severe Weather Events

You will investigate one severe weather event and create a PowerPoint to share what you have learned. 

You will be pre-assigned a weather topic from the below listed severe weather conditions. You will gather information using the websites below. You will be creating a PowerPoint that will include this information.

1. A description of your disaster

2. What causes this disaster

3. The effects this disaster has on the environment and or people

4. How to prepare for this disaster

The severe weather events that we will be researching:

1. Hurricanes
2. Tornadoes
3. Blizzards
4. Thunderstorms
5. Floods
6. Monsoons
7. Avalanches
8. Wildfires

Your information will be recorded on a data collection sheet which will be given to you at the start of this project.

1. You will be researching and taking notes on weather topics to become informed meteorologists.

2. You will be assigned one severe weather condition to create an infographic. You will be using weather data that you have gathered using pre-selected websites and video clips.

3. Fourth graders will learn about the normal weather patterns of our area, and also severe storms that occur in the United States including hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, floods, monsoons, wildfires, avalanches, and thunderstorms. Students will also learn how to be prepared for extreme weather.

Use the following resources to research your severe weather event.

Discovery Education Video Clips (username = stem##, password = Overstreet)

Weather: Changes and Measurement

Severe Weather Safety: Watch for the Warning

Understanding Weather

Earth Science for Students; What is Weather?

Weather Smart: Tornadoes

Weather Smart: Winter and Snow

Weather Smart: Hurricanes

Weather Smart: Thunderstorms

Weather Smart: Forecasting and Weather Instruments

Hand-On Weather: Part 02: More Weather Experiments

Surviving in an Avalanche

Avalanches

Staying Safe in a Wildfire

What are wildfires?

Wildfire Safety

Brainpop Weather Videos Clips (username = Baltcops, password = brainpop)

Weather - What's Stirring Up There?

Natural Disasters - Sometimes Bad Things Happen

Climate Types - The Weather Outside Your Window Is Only Part Of The Story

Tornadoes - Twist and Shout

Hurricanes - Nature's Fury Unleashed

Floods - Water, Water, Everywhere

Water Cycle - Water, Water, Everywhere

Clouds - Look At Them From Both Sides

Snowflakes - Learn Why No Two Are Alike

Avalanches - Look Out Below

Temperature - Is It Hot In Here Or Is It Just Me?

Global Warming - The World Is Heating Up!

Wind - Can You See The WInd?

Wind Energy - Energy That's Blowin' In The Wind

Thunderstorms - Boom, Crackle

Wildfires

Websites

Avalanches

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-avalanche/

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-safety-avalanche.htm

https://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/hzd/vlchs-en.aspx

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/avalanche/399351

Blizzards

https://kids.kiddle.co/Blizzard

http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/dangerwx/blizzard3.htm

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-winter-storms.htm

Floods

https://www.ready.gov/kids/know-the-facts/floods

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/flood/#flood-house.jpg

http://eschooltoday.com/natural-disasters/floods/what-is-a-flood.html

Hurricanes

http://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/hurricanes.php

https://www.coolkidfacts.com/hurricanes-for-kids/

http://www.weatherforkids.org/tornadoes.html

https://www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/geography/physical-geography/hurricanes/#!/register

Monsoons

http://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the-world/weather/extremes/monsoons/

http://www.softschools.com/facts/weather/monsoon_facts/574/

https://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Monsoon

Thunderstorms

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/?page_id=68

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-thunderstorms.htm

http://www.weatherforkids.org/thunderstorms.html

Tornadoes

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

http://www.tornadofacts.net/tornado-facts-for-kids.html

http://www.weatherforkids.org/tornadoes.html

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/weather/tornado.html

Wildfires

http://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/forest_fires.php

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-wildfires/

https://kids.kiddle.co/Wildfire

The information you have recorded on a data collection sheet and your PowerPoint will be evaluated by your teacher.

Each fourth grader will create a PowerPoint to share their learning about a specific severe weather event.

BrainPop

Discovery Education

Name___________________________________________________ Date ________________________

Severe Weather Events – circle the one that you were assigned

What is it? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How is it caused? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What makes it dangerous? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How we can be prepared when this weather event occurs? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Additional facts and or information: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Save an image of your severe weather event on your computer for use in your infographic.