Teacher
J Hoeffner
Lesson Topic
What do you know?
Lesson 1
Class/Grade Level
Science 8
Period/Time : 1 period
Daily Objective:
- Identify and describe the atmospheric and hydrospheric
conditions associated with the formation and development of
hurricanes.
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Essential Motivating Question Every year hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of
damage and hundreds of lives are lost as a result of hurricanes in the Atlantic basin.
Why are hurricanes so devastatingly damaging and are they becoming more intense?
As Mayor of a local coastal town, what instructions will you give to your citizens to
prepare for the oncoming hurricane. If you decide to evacuate, at what point would you
give that instruction?
Subquestions: When do they most likely occur? Where do they most often occur?
How do scientist study Hurricanes
Procedures
Warm – Up: View Video clips of current hurricane.
What did you see happening?
Class discusses.
Development of the Lesson – See ppt for Lesson #1
 In journal each student individually writes and / or draws what they already know
about hurricanes.
 Step 2 students share their knowledge with a partner and may add to or change
their knowledge base.
 Step 3 short sharing with class of common knowledge
 Step 4 Show short video clips of hurricane formation. Encourage students to add
to their journal knowledge about hurricanes.
 Step 5 View Hurricane formation animation. Encourage students to add to their
journal knowledge about hurricanes.
 Step 6 Again have students write or draw what they know about hurricanes.
 Step 7 Have students compare the information in Step 6 to the information in
Step 2 and list what they know now that they did not know then.
Student Product: Students will create journal entries and diagrams of hurricane
formation. Students will constantly update this page as new information becomes
available.