Hurricane Web Quest

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Hurricane Tutorial

• By completing this tutorial, you will be able to
• Understand how hurricanes are named -Naming
  Hurricanes
• Understand how hurricanes develop -Stages of
  Development
• Identify - Parts of the Hurricane
• Compare hurricanes -Rating Hurricanes -
  Saffir-Simpson Scale
• Make your own hurricane -Interactive Hurricanes

Hurricane Web Quest
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Naming Hurricanes
Using these links, complete this task
sheet http//www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/hurricane_nam
es.PDF

• Naming Hurricanes http//www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/
  hurricane/hurricanes4.html 
• List of Hurricane Names 1996-2001
  http//www.fema.gov/kids/hunames2.htm 
• Names 2002-2007 http//www.sun-sentinel.com/news/
  weather/hurricane/sns-hc-names.story
• How are Hurricanes Named? http//kids.mtpe.hq.nasa
  .gov/archive/hurricane/names.html
• How are Hurricanes Named by NOAA
  http//www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml 

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Stages of Development
Use these links to complete this task
sheet Tropical Cyclone Worksheet
http//www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/hurricane_cycle.PDF 

• How are hurricanes formed? http//www.cotf.edu/ete
  /modules/sevweath/swhoware.html 
• Information http//ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/gui
  des/mtr/hurr/stages/home.rxml 
• LifeCycle WebSites http//hurricanes.noaa.gov/pre
  pare/origin.htm http//whyfiles.org/073hurricane
  /2.html 
• USA Today http//www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/whur
  what/whurwhat.htm 
• How a hurricane develops video - USA Today
  http//www.usatoday.com/weather/video/whurdev.htm 
  
• Inside the Storm http//deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurr
  ican/strike/anatomy.htm 

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Parts of the Hurricane
Use these links to complete this task
sheet http//www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/hurricane_ins
ide.PDF

• Structure of a Hurricane http//hurricanes.noaa.g
  ov/prepare/structure.htm 
• BrainPOP Movie
• http//www.brainpop.com/science/weather/hurricanes
  /index.weml
• USA Today http//www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/whur
  what/whurwhat.htm 
• How hurricanes are formed web site
  http//www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/sevweath/swhoware.
  html 

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Rating Hurricanes Saffir-Simpson Scale

• Use these links to complete this task sheet
• Rating Hurricanes Worksheet http//www.stemnet.nf
  .ca/CITE/hurricane_measurement.PDF 

• Weather.com http//www.weather.com/encyclopedia/c
  harts/tropical/saffirscale.html 
• Saffir-Simpson Scale http//www.cotf.edu/ete/modu
  les/sevweath/swintensity.html 
• Naples News http//www.naplesnews.com/hurricane/0
  0/d441115a.htm 
• NOAA http//www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml 
• NASA http//kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane
  /saffir-simpson.html 

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Interactive Hurricane Programs

• Try to make a hurricane! Have fun!
• Hurricane Maker - Can you make the right
  conditions for a hurricane? http//www.sun-sentine
  l.com/news/weather/hurricane/sns-hc-hurricanemaker
  .flash 
• Discovery - Create a Hurricane
  http//www.discovery.com/stories/science/hurricane
  s/create.html 
• Create-a-Cane http//deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurrica
  n/strike/canelab.htm 
• Aim-a-Hurricane http//deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurri
  can/strike/movncane.htm