Hurricanes
Station 1: HURRICANES
Use this website to answer these questions about hurricanes:
1) What is a hurricane?
2) Which way do hurricanes rotate?
3) When is hurricane season?
Station 2: THE “LIFE” OF A HURRICANE
Use this website to answer these questions about hurricane formation:
4) What 4 ingredients do you need to make a hurricane?
5) Describe the 6 stages a hurricane goes through from “birth” to “death.”
6) Think about this... Based on what you've learned so far, why do hurricanes
"die" when they go over land?
Station 3: CREATE-A-CANE
Try this website to see what else you can learn about hurricane formation: Create-a-cane
7) What did you learn about wind and hurricanes?
8) Between what latitudes do hurricanes form?
9) How warm and how moist does the water have to be for a hurricane to form?
Station 4: HURRICANE STRUCTURE
10) Use this website to draw a picture of a hurricane and label the parts.
Station 5: HURRICANE NAMES
Use this website to learn about hurricane names:
11) Why are hurricanes named?
12) What causes a hurricane’s name to be retired?
Just for fun, click on the list of Current Hurricane Names. Is your name on the list??
Station 6: HURRICANE CATEGORIES AND DAMAGE
Use this website to look at hurricane categories and damage:
13) Copy the table below to show the five categories of hurricanes, the wind speed, and the damage with each category. Use the Saffir-Simpson scale for Hurricanes.
Use this website to answer these questions about hurricanes:
1) What is a hurricane?
2) Which way do hurricanes rotate?
3) When is hurricane season?
Station 2: THE “LIFE” OF A HURRICANE
Use this website to answer these questions about hurricane formation:
4) What 4 ingredients do you need to make a hurricane?
5) Describe the 6 stages a hurricane goes through from “birth” to “death.”
6) Think about this... Based on what you've learned so far, why do hurricanes
"die" when they go over land?
Station 3: CREATE-A-CANE
Try this website to see what else you can learn about hurricane formation: Create-a-cane
7) What did you learn about wind and hurricanes?
8) Between what latitudes do hurricanes form?
9) How warm and how moist does the water have to be for a hurricane to form?
Station 4: HURRICANE STRUCTURE
10) Use this website to draw a picture of a hurricane and label the parts.
Station 5: HURRICANE NAMES
Use this website to learn about hurricane names:
11) Why are hurricanes named?
12) What causes a hurricane’s name to be retired?
Just for fun, click on the list of Current Hurricane Names. Is your name on the list??
Station 6: HURRICANE CATEGORIES AND DAMAGE
Use this website to look at hurricane categories and damage:
13) Copy the table below to show the five categories of hurricanes, the wind speed, and the damage with each category. Use the Saffir-Simpson scale for Hurricanes.
Station 7: STORM SURGE
Interact with this website to see more about storm surge with each category.
Station 8: MORE ABOUT STORM SURGE
Look at this website for more about how storm surge happens. (Make sure the volume is turned up on your computer
so you can hear it!)
Station 9: HURRICANE DANGERS
Use this website for these questions:
14) What are the five main dangers from a hurricane when it reaches land?
Station 10: HURRICANE TRACKING
Use this website to learn more about hurricane tracking:
15) In your own words, what are the four steps to tracking a hurricane’s path on a weather map?
If you're finish early, try these sites for more interactive hurricanes:
More interactive hurricanes:How Hurricanes Form
Katrina's Flooding of New Orleans
Aim a Hurricane
Hurricane Winds (may take a little while to load)
Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Sandy: Before and After Pictures
Interact with this website to see more about storm surge with each category.
Station 8: MORE ABOUT STORM SURGE
Look at this website for more about how storm surge happens. (Make sure the volume is turned up on your computer
so you can hear it!)
Station 9: HURRICANE DANGERS
Use this website for these questions:
14) What are the five main dangers from a hurricane when it reaches land?
Station 10: HURRICANE TRACKING
Use this website to learn more about hurricane tracking:
15) In your own words, what are the four steps to tracking a hurricane’s path on a weather map?
If you're finish early, try these sites for more interactive hurricanes:
More interactive hurricanes:How Hurricanes Form
Katrina's Flooding of New Orleans
Aim a Hurricane
Hurricane Winds (may take a little while to load)
Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Sandy: Before and After Pictures